Carpet Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1838-12-10
label: Patent Date
content: 1838-12-10
notes: label: Description
content: Patent 1028
label: Description
content: Carpet Patent Model
label: Description
content: John Humphries
label: Description
content: December 10, 1838
label: Description
content: Humphries' innovation was the addition of a supplementary layer to the bottom of a carpet to provide an extra cushion and to strengthen the overall structure. The added stuffer weft is a stout, loosely twisted cord woven into the underside of the carpet and interlaced with the ground warp. These samples of carpeting are important because they are the earliest known examples of patented carpeting in the United States.
label: Description
content: Whether this patent was utilized is unknown but there is evidence of Humphries' being involved in the manufacture of carpeting. "The Journal of the Franklin Institute" lists premiums awarded at their eighth exhibition in 1833. John Humphries was presented a premium for four pieces of Brussels carpeting. The judges noted that "these goods are of excellent quality and style, and satisfactory assurances have been received that they are exclusively of American workmanship throughout all the processes, from the raw material to the finished product of the loom."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18632.00A
label: catalog number
content: T18632.00A
label: patent number
content: 001028
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Carpet Patent Model