IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS, SUITABLE FOR TABLE NAPKINS. TABLE CLOTHS. TOWELS. OR OTHER ARTICLES PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Finlay McCance, Director of the Ulster Spinning
Company, Limited, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, Ireland, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS,
SUITABLE FOR TABLE NAPKINS. TABLE CLOTHS. TOWELS. OR OTHER ARTICLES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Finlay McCance at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th May 1881.
FINLAY MCCANCE, Director of the Ulster Spinning Company, Limited, of
Belfast, in the County of Antrim, Ireland. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANU-
FACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS, SUITABLE FOR TABLE NAPKINS, TABLE CLOTHS,
TOWELS, OR OTHER ARTICLES WHICH ARE TO BE ORNAMENTED WITH EMBROIDERY.”
My Invention relates to the manufacture of woven fabrics specially made with
a view to facilitate the ornamentation thereof by means of embroidery, as hereinafter
set forth.
The said Invention is applicable for numerous articles, whether made of cotton,
flax, silk, or other textile material, but is more especially designed to provide table-
napkins, table-cloths, towels (which usually consist of linen or flax), toilet covers,
or the like, so woven that while the main body or portion of the article is of the
ordinary texture, that is to say, of such a texture as is most suitable for the uses to
which the said article is to be applied, a border or borders, the centre, or some other
part or parts as may be desired, will be woven in a manner hereinafter described,
and specially applicable for being embroidered in any desired pattern. An article
of considerable utility is thus furnished.
In carrying my said Invention into practice, I will describe the same as applied
to the production of a table-napkin, that is to say, the body or main part of this
article is woven in the ordinary manner to produce damask or diaper of any desired
pattern, but a border is made of any desired width, and at any desired distance
from the edges. which border is so woven that it may be embroidered with great
facility with silk, wool, cotton, or other material, so as to afford a highly ornamental

page_text: and artistic effect. This border is woven in the following manner, that is to say :-I
interweave three or more threads of warp with three or more threads of weft to form
a square, and the border is made up by any suitable number of these small squares
according to length and width required. The fabric woven as above set forth
enables embroidery to be effected with the greatest facility, without drawing or
puckering the fabric, but the ordinary diaper or damask is not applicable for being
embroidered in the same manner or to produce the same effect.
The said Invention may be applied in various manners to different articles; for
instance, the portion of the fabric specially applicable for being embroidered may
be in some cases in the centre, or both in the centre and at the edges, or in any
desired position, according to the nature of the article or to the ornamentation
required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Finlay McCance in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
November 1881.
FINLAY MCCANCE, Director of the Ulster Spinning Company, Limited, of
Belfast, in the County of Antrim, Ireland. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF WOVEN FABRICS, SUITABLE FOR TABLE NAPKINS, TABLE CLOTHS, TOWELS, OR
OTHER ARTICLES WHICH ARE TO BE ORNAMENTED WITH EMBROIDERY."
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of woven fabrics to be
ornamented by means of embroidery.
The said Invention is applicable for numerous articles, whether made of cotton,
flax, silk, or other textile materials, but is more especially designed to provide table-
napkins, table-cloths, towels (which usually consist of linen or flax), toilet covers,
and the like, so made that while the main body or portion of the article is of the
ordinary texture, that is to say, of such a texture as is most suitable for the uses to
which the said article is to be applied, there will be a border or borders, or some
other part or parts as may be desired, woven in a manner hereinafter described,
and specially applicable for being embroidered in any desired pattern. An articlo
of considerable utility is thus furnished.
I will now proceed to describe the manner of producing a table-napkin according
to my Invention. The body or main part of this article is woven in the ordinary
manner to produce damask or diaper of any desired pattern, but a border or strip
is made of any desired width and at any desired distance from the edges, which
border or strip is so woven that it may be embroidered with great facility with
silk, wool, cotton, or other material, so as to afford a highly ormamental and artistic
effect. This strip or border is woven in the following manner, that is to say :-I
interweave three or more threads of warp with three or more threads of weft to
form a square, and the strip or border is made up by any suitable number of these
small squares, according to the required length and width of the strip. The weaving
is of such a nature that the weft and warp threads which constitute the centre of
each square are themselves interwoven, thus allowing the fabric to be embroidered
with the greatest facility without drawing or puckering the same. This however
is impracticable when embroidering ordinary diaper or damask, and the same
effect cannot be produced thereon as is possible upon the fabric made according to
my Invention.
The said Invention may be applied in various manners to different articles, for
instance, the portion of the fabric specially applicable for being embroidered may
be in some cases in the centre, or both in the centre and at the edges, or in any
desired position, according to the nature of the article or to the ornamentation
required.
Having thus fully described my said Invention and the manner of performing
the same, I wish it understood that I claim,―
A textile fabric partially woven plain or with a damask or other pattern, and
partially so woven as to facilitate the embroidering of the same, as above set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Finlay McCance, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty third day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Signed by the said Finlay
McCance in presence of
HY. O'NEILL, Witness,
23 November, 1881.
FINLAY MчCANCE. (L.S.)