IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Thiébaut, of Whitechapel, in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF
TEXTILE FABRICS"
Sealed the 11th January 1861, and dated the 16th July 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Thiébaut at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th July 1860.
I, JOSEPH THIEBAUT, of Whitechapel, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
ORNAMENTATION OF TEXTILE FABRICS," to be as follows (that is to say) :-
My Invention has reference to the ornamentation of textile fabrics,such as
muslin, net, silk, cloth, or otherwise,and consists in printing suitable designs
or devices thereon in Dutch metal, flock, or other similar or suitable sub-
stances, through the medium of size or cement, crmposed of about one quart
of soft copal, a quarter of a pint of poppy oil, and two ounces of lard. The
above ingredients are to be melted together, and allowed to cool, and zinc
white, and oil of dele subsequently added to the mass in proportions varying
according to the quality or description of the fabric. The printed surfaces of
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page_text: the said fabrics are then exposed to the atmosphere until sufficiently dried for
being smoothed or hot-pressed by means of irons or rollers; the fabrics thus
printed and ornamented are adapted for being washed or cleansed without
injury to the device or design.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Thiébaut in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th January 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
THIEBAUT, of Whitechapel,in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me
the said Joseph Thiébaut, Her special licence that I, the said Joseph
Thiébaut, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Joseph Thiébaut, 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, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
⚫ IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF TEXTILE FABRICS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Thiébaut, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly 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 Joseph Thiébaut, 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 follow-
ing statement (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to the ornamentation of textile fabrics, such as
muslin,net silk,cloth, or otherwise, by printing in any ordinary mannerdevices
or designs thereon by means of cement, and subsequently dusting or coating
the said printed devices with flock, metal, or other similar or suitable sub-

page_text: stances, and consists in employing for the said purpose a waterproof size or
cement suitable for causing the metal, flock, or otherwise, when coated or
dusted over the same, to adhere to the printed surface of the fabric, and
render the same suitable for being washed or cleansed without injury to
the printed device or design.
And in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe in detail the mode of
performing the same (that is to say):-
In manufacturing my waterproof size or cement, I melt together one quart
of soft copal, a quarter of a pint of poppy oil, and two ounces of lard, which
mixture is to be allowed to cool, and zinc white and oil of dele subsequently
added to the mass in proportions varying according to the description and
quality of the fabric. 'I he printed surfaces of the said fabrics are subsequently
to be exposed to the atmosphere until sufficiently dried for being smoothied
or hot-pressed in the ordinary manner by means of irons or rollers.
In conclusion to the foregoing description I would here briefly note that
zinc white should be used in quantities varying according to the character
or texture of the fabric, the quantity in each case being regulated or deter-
mined by the body or consistency required in the compound, according to
the judgment of the operator, the oil of dele being employed in greater or
less proportions, whereby the said size or cement may be caused to dry
more quickly than otherwise, and the fabric thereby rendered suitable for
being smoothed or hot-pressed as above mentioned.
It may be also necessary to observe that the said size or cement may be
tinted by the addition of any suitable colouring matter corresponding with
the colour of the flock, metal, or otherwise, of which the device or design
is to be produced or formed.
And I would further note, that I do not confine myself to the precise
proportions above given, as in operating upon woollen goods a less quantity
than above mentioned of poppy oil (which is the waterproofing material) and
lard may be employed, or the proportions may be otherwise slightly varied in
accordance with the description or quality of the fabric to be operated upon.
Having now described the nature of this my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I would have it clearly understood that
I do not claim as of my Invention the exclusive use of the substances or pro-
cesses herein-before mentioned, except when the same are employed in and
for the purposes of my said Invention, which I hereby declare to consist in
the ornamentation of textile fabrics by the employment of the waterproof

page_text: size or cement, in the manner and for the purposes herein-before set forth
and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Thiébaut, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
JOSEPH THIÉBAUT. (LS.)
F. R. DARKIN CAMPBELL.
Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co.,
77, Chancery Lane.