A NEW KIND OF DOUBLE-FACED CARPET OR TAPESTRY WTOR CYNETEAD OF DER DAMENGO DAST BAR OR TAPESTRY WITH SIMILAR OR DIPPERENT PATTERNS. ON EACH FACE
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Braquenié, of the Firm of "Braquenié,
Frères," of Paris, in the Empire of France, Carpet Manufacturers, for
the Invention of "A NEW KIND OF DOUBLE-FACED CARPET OR TAPESTRY
WTOR CYNETEAD OF DER DAMENGO DAST BAR
Sealed the 27th April 1866, and dated the 30th October 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Braquenié
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th October 1865.
I, ALEXANDER BRAQUENIE, of the Firm of "Braquenié, Frères," of Paris,
in the Empire of France, Carpet Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "A NEW KIND OF DOUBLE-FACED CARPET OR
TAPESTRY WITH SIMILAR OR DIPPERENT PATTERNS. ON EACH FACE," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object the production of a new kind of double-
O faced tissue in tapestry or carpets with similar or different patterns on each
face as desired, and my Invention consists in placing between each pattern
card employed in the manufacture of single-faced carpets another card to
form the design for the other face. The tissues are made in the ordinary

page_text: loom or machine. I first raise the threads of wool of the top design by the
ordinary card, and then pass a round or fluted spindle, or, when desired, a
thread of wool or other material beneath the said threads of wool. I then
slacken the machine and cause the additional card to leave the bottom design
underneath the threads of the top design by raising all the other threads of
wool. The warp of linen thread is raised up at the same time in order to
leave a sufficient opening to effect the next movement. The spindle or thread
is then passed between the bottom threads and all the other raised threads,
and for rendering the separation of the bottom threads from the others more
perfect or effective I use a wooden blade. I now slacken the speed of the
machine, and by the traverse or motion of the chain warp and shuttle make
the canvas (or ground of the carpet), the shuttle being thrown three times.
The tissue is thus complete on the two sides as in carpets with one face, and
when the bottom design is to be formed as a pile fabric the round spindle is
armed at its extremity with a knife, which on its return cuts the loop or
terry so as to form a pile.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alexander Braquenié in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 30th April 1866.
TO ALL TO. WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
BRAQUENIE, of the Firm of "Braquenié, Frères," of Paris, in the Empire of
France, Carpet Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Alexander Braquenié, Her special licence that I, the said Alexander
Braquenié, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Alexander Braquenié, 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 "A New KIND OF DOUBLE-FACED CARPET OR TAPESTRY WITH SIMILAR
OR DIFFERENT PATTERNS ON BACH FACE," upon the condition (amongst others)

page_text: that I, the said Alexander Braquenié, 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 Alexander Braquenié, 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 (that is to say):-
:-
This Invention has for its object the production of a new kind of double-
faced tissue in tapestry or mock velvet or other carpets, with similar or
different patterns on each face as desired, and my Invention consists in placing
between each card employed for forming the pattern or design on one face of
the tapestry or carpet another pattern card to form the design on the other
face. The tissues are made in the ordinary loom or machine, and the first
movement consists in raising the threads of wool for forming the top design by
means of the ordinary cards, after which I pass a round or fluted rod or
spindle under the said threads of wool. I now bring forward one of the
additional cards, the action of which leaves the bottom design underneath the
threads of the top design by raising all the other threads of wool. The warp
of linen threads is raised up at the same time in order to leave a sufficient
opening for the rod or spindle to pass between the bottom threads and all the
other raised threads, and for rendering the separation of the bottom threads
from the others more perfect or effective I use a wooden blade. I now by
means of the traverse or motion of the warp and shuttle make the canvass
(or ground of the carpet), the shuttle being thrown three times, and all
these operations are repeated until the design and carpet are finished. In
the second and fourth movements a thread of wool, flax, cotton, or any other
material may be employed instead of the round or fluted spindle. The tissue
is thus complete on the two sides as in carpets with one face, and when the
bottom design is to be formed as a pile fabric the round spindle is armed at
its extremities with a knife, which on its return cuts the loop or terry so as
to form a pile.
Having thus described my Invention, and the practical means of putting
it into execution, I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself
to the simple production of mock velvet carpets with two faces, but that
this Invention is equally applicable to the manufacture of tapestry or

page_text: carpets of the kind presenting the same or different designs on each of
its faces.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Braquenié, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Alexander Braquenié
in the presence of
L. COURROUVE;
Rue Feydeau, 28,
Paris.
A. BRAQUENIE. (L.S.)