IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TABLE CLOTHS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Madders, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Embroiderer by Machinery, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TABLE CLOTHS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Madders at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
May 1865.
I. WILLIAM MADDERS. of the City of Manchester. in the County of
Lancaster, Embroiderer by Machinery, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TABLE CLOTHS AND OTHER
ARTICLES WITH EMBROIDERY," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to produce ornament upon table cloths and
other articles by forming upon the face of the cloth, away from its edges, lines
of stitches, similar to those hitherto used for ornamenting the edges of the
fabric, and also to form ornamental table cloths and other articles by uniting
[Price 8d.]

page_text: cloths of different colour or material by edging stitches. which will also assist
in ornamenting the article, the lines of edging stitches upon the face of the
cloth being sometimes combined with the ordinary embroidery stitches
arranged in any suitable design.
My Invention consists in bringing together the edges of the fabrics to be
united, and then sewing them by any ordinary edging machine. then the
pieces united are folded back and stretched, leaving the line of edging stitches
so as to form a seam in relief on the face of the fabric.
My Invention also consists in embroidering a design upon the cloth to be
ornamented by the ordinary embroidering machine, or by hand, and then
folding the fabric so as to present an edge to be operated upon by any
ordinary edging machine, after which the fabric is partly unfolded and
stretched, so as to leave the line of edging stitches to form a seam in relief
combining with the embroidered design. For some designs the lines of
edging stitches may be formed upon the fabric first. and then the ordinary
embroidery may be added by the machine or by hand.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Leliers Patent, filed
by the said William Madders in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th November 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I WILLIAM
MADDERS, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster. Embroiderer
by Machinery, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me.
the said William Madders, Her special license that I, the said William
Madders, my executors, administrators, and assigns. or such others as I, the
said William Madders, my executors, administrators, and assigns. should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, nse. exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland. the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TABLE CLOTHS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH

page_text: EMBROIDERY," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Madders, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Madders, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention. and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawing (that is to say):-
The object of my Invention is to form table covers and other articles from
cloth or fabrics of different colors or materials united together by "edging
stitches," so as to produce a highly ornamental effect, either alone or in
combination with ordinary embroidery.
My Invention consists in bringing together the edges of the fabrics to be
united, so that the edge of one fabric will abut upon or overlap the other, and
then sewing them together by button hole or edging stitches made by any
ordinary edging machine, or by a machine producing a similar button hole
stitch, which stitches cover the seam between the fabrics and form ornamental
embroidery in relief upon the face of the fabric, varying in character with the
color or material of the thread or threads employed; the edges of the
fabrics to be united, according to my Invention. are brought together as if
they were to be made to form a double fabric. then they are sewn with edging
stitches, as herein-before described, and then the pieces so united are folded
back and stretched. leaving the line of edging stitches in relief upon the face
of the fabric, as herein-before described or table cloths and other articles
may be ornamented according to my Invention by securing upon the face of
such articles pieces of fabric of different colors or material by edging stitches,
as herein-before described.
Fig. represents the edges of two fabrics (a and b) to be united according
to my Invention, and Fig. 2 a surface view of the same. In this case the
edges of the fabric are brought so as to abut upon each other, as shown, and
are slightly attached together by sewing, or otherwise. to keep them in posi-
tion while they are operated upon by the edging machine, the hook needle of
which is pointed so as to pierce the fabric at each stitch. Figs. 2 and 3 are
views corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2, showing the edges of the cloth (a and b)
overlapping, being first "basted" together before being operated upon by the
machine. Figs. 3 and 4 are views corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2,
showing

page_text: the fabrics (a and b) doubled together, secured temporarily by basting
stitches (c) or otherwise, and then sewn by the edging machine: the hook
needle of the machine in this case need not be pointed as it passes the edges
of the two fabrics, as when used for ordinary edging purposes. When the
pieces have been operated upon by the machine the basting thread (c) is
removed, and the pieces are folded back and stretched till the seam assumes
the form represented in Fig. 7, an edge view, one edge of the fabric within
the seam being doubled, which gives more relief to the seam upon the face
of the fabric; but this edge within the scam may be unfolded, so that the
seam will assume the form of that represented by Fig. 3, by passing an
instrument similar to that shown by Fig. 8 (an edge and side view) through
the seam between the edges of the cloth, which instrument may be used like
a bodkin, and it will cause the fold of the cloth within the seam to flatten.
out as above described. When ornament is required by securing one piece
of cloth upon the face of another piece of cloth of different color or material
(see Fig. 9 and 10) the cloth is basted, or otherwise secured, and is then
operated upon by the edging machine, the hook needle in this case being
pointed so as to pierce the fabric or fabrics at each stitch. The threads of
edging stitches in each Figure pass across the seam and are represented by
lines (d).
In making table cloths and other articles having centres and borders of
different colors are material, I can take two cloths of the full size of the
intended articles of the different colors or materials required. and cut. the
centre parts out of both of equal size and then interchange them, so that
the centre cut from one cloth forms the centre for the other cloth, and by this
means the cloths are formed without seams at the angles, as illustrated by
Fig. 11. Where joints or seams are made at the angles. these may be
united by the edging machine, or otherwise. The ornamental effect produced
by uniting cloths or fabrics of different colors or materials by edging stitches,
according to my Invention. may he increased by combining therewith ordinary
embroidery if required.. The edging machine. hercin-before referred to as
used by me. is that known as Lindley and Taylor's pateni machine producing
the button hole or edging stitch, but I use any other machine capable of
producing the same or similar ornamental stitching.
I have now particularly described the nature of my Invention, and the
modes of carrying the same into effect. and claim as my Invention, the manu-
facture of ornamental table covers and other articles. by uniting cloths or
fabrics of different color or material by edging stitches. or stitches of similar

page_text: ornamental character made by machinery, substantially as herein-before
described and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Madders, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.