IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN DAMASKS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ernest Seyd, of Finch Lane, in the City of London,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN
DAMASKS." A communication from abroad by Wilhelm Vogel, of
Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ernest Seyd at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
February 1866.
I, ERNEST SEYD, of Finch Lane, in the City of London, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
WOOLLEN DAMASKS," (a communication,) to be as follows:-
The mode heretofore commonly practised of manufacturing various colored
woollen damasks has been to first dye the yarn employed to form the warp and
weft of the work, and to weave the piece in colors and shades of colors.
Now by this Invention it is proposed to employ warp and weft threads,
either plain or colored, or partly plain and partly colored, so that the work
when woven may be afterwards dyed in the piece of any desired color, selecting
those colored grounds which are best suited to take the particular dye color
required. By these means, instead of the manufacturer or wholesale dealer
having to keep a stock of colored damasks on hand, he simply has to keep the

page_text: partly colored and undyed woven goods and have them dyed to suit the taste
of his customers.
partly colored and undyed woven goods and have them dyed to suit the taste
of his customers.
This Invention applies to goods in which the warp and weft is all of wool.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Ernest Seyd in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th August 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ERNEST
SEYD, of Finch Lane, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Ernest Seyd, Her special licence that I, the said Ernest Seyd, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Ernest
Seyd, 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN DAMASKS," a communication from
Wilhelm Vogel, of Chemnitz, in the Kingdom of Saxony, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Ernest Seyd, my executors or administrators,
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 Ernest Seyd, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
that is to say :-
The mode heretofore commonly practised of manufacturing various colored
woollen damasks has been to first dye the yarn employed to form the warp: and
weft of the work, and to weave the piece in colors and shades of colors.
Now by this Invention it is proposed to employ warp and weft threads,
either plain or colored, or partly plain and partly colored, so that the work

page_text: when woven may be afterwards dyed in the piece of any desired color, selecting
those colored grounds which are best suited to take the particular dye color
required. By these means, instead of the manufacturer or wholesale dealer
baving to keep a stock of colored damasks on hand, he simply has to keep the
partly colored and undyed woven goods and have them dyed to suit the taste
of his customers.
This Invention applies to goods in which the warp and weft is all of wool.
Having now fully described the nature and object of the said Invention for
Improvements in the Manufacture of Woollen Damasks," I hereby declare
this to be the Specification of the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ernest Seyd, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
ERNEST SEYD. (L.S.)