An Improved Method of Ornamenting the Materials Used for Lining and Trimming Hats and other similar Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 17th June, 1887.
An Improved Method of Ornamenting the Materials Used for
Lining and Trimming Hats and other similar Articles.
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I, BETHEL WARE of Luton in the County of Bedfordshire Lithographer, do hereby.
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the method of ornamenting the materials used for Lining
and Trimming Hats and other similar articles; and the object of my said Invention
is to afford to such ornamentation a novel and highly improved appearance.
Hitherto the ornamentation of the materials in question has been effected either by
the well known process of weaving such materials with threads of different shades, or
by weaving with one colour only and afterwards printing or goldstamping from
blocks the required designs thereon.
Now, in carrying out my Invention, I first cut up and prepare the Trimmings
from plain woven silks, or other fabrics, to the sizes required, and I subsequently
apply thereto the Designs required by means of Lithography.

page_text: An Improved Method of Ornamenting the Materials Used for
Lining and Trimming Hats and other similar Articles.
I BETHEL WARE of Luton in the County of Bedfordshire Lithographer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performer,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to the method of ornamenting the materials used for Lining
and Trimming Hats and other similar articles; and the object of my said Invention
is to afford to such ornamentation a novel and highly improved appearance.
Hitherto the ornamentation of the materials in question has been effected either by
the wellknown process of weaving such materials with threads of different shades, or
by weaving with one colour only and afterwards printing or gold-stamping from
blocks the required designs thereon.
Now, in carrying out my Invention, I first cut up and prepare the Trimmings from
plain woven silks or other fabrics, to the sizes required, and I subsequently apply
thereto the Designs required by means of Lithography.
As the said means of lithography is well known I do not purpose here furnishing
examples nor do I find that any drawings will facilitate the description of my said
invention and the means by which the same is carried out.
The essential feature of the said invention is that instead of weaving the different
colours in the fabrics I cut into suitable sizes any ordinary fabric and apply the
colours desired for the design by the well known process of lithography as applied
to other purposes than the ornamentation of fabrics, as is done by the means of my
invention the application of the said process of lithography not having hitherto been
discovered to be suitable for the purposes of my invention.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and the manner
in which the same is to be performed and carried out I wish it to be understood that
what I claim is :-
In ornamenting the materials used for Lining and Trimming Hats and other
similar articles the application of the ornamentation required by lithography applied
to suitable pieces of fabric substantially as herein before described and set forth."
Dated this 10th day of May 1887.