US1589123A - Lace - Google Patents

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June 15 1926. 4 1,589,123

' M. H DAUDY LACE Filed Nov. 26, 1924 I Patented June 15, 1926.

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I EARC H. DAUDY, OF PHILABELPHIA, PEIR EISYLVANIA, ASSIGIQ'OB. TO TIQRTH AIVIERI- GAN LACE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENI SYLVANIA, A COB?ORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

LACE.

Application filed November 26,1924. Serial No. 752A? The object of my invention is to prevent lace draperies, which are used as bedspreads, bolster coverings, curtains, &c., from sagging and getting out of shape, due to the weight of the material dragging the light threads that form the delicate open work of the lace.

in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a face view of a portion of the lace drapery illustrating my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of an enlarged portion of the lace illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the cut scalloped edge; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of one of the strips of minimum extensible fabric. 7

Bed spreads and lace curtains, especially those having delicate lace figures connected by light threads, are liable to sag and to be drawn out of shape, due to the weight of the draperies and the delicate material from which they are made.

In accordance with the principles of my invention the distortion above noted is overcome by supporting the lace material with substantial strips composed of beams of miniinum extensibility. These strips extend throughout the length of the draperies and carry the weight of the material.

Referring to the drawings the lace pattern is made in sections 1 which are separated by supporting strips 2 which form an integral part of the lace pattern. The supporting strips 2 are composed of closely woven beam and gimp threads of minimum extensibility in the present instance. The strips 2 may be formed plain and solid throughout their entire length. It is preferable to make each strip in sections 3 and 4. connected by open work 5 known to the lace making art as ticking work, the in corporated sections 3 and i and the ticking work 5 forming a more or less ornamental strip which as a whole is capable of a minimum amount of extensibility and is adapted to support the adjacent lace sections, whereby the delicate threads, of which said lace sections are composed, are held in their proper relative positions at all times.

The supporting strips 2 can be arranged y sane r a grades; answe s upon the general design of the lace and the character of the material forming the lace sections.

This invention is particularly adapted for use for bedspreads, bolster coverings, curtains, and similar lace articles, where stretching is to be prevented, but it can be used in connection with other lace articles without departing from the main feature of the invention.

By making thestrips 2 in long sections, connected by short sections, it is possible to terminate the lace design at these points, as the connecting open or ticking work sections 5 conform to the scallops of the open work of the lace design, as illustrated in Fig. 3, oroducing, when out, a scalloped edge instead of a straight edge.

The fabric illustrated in the drawings is adapted, in the present instance, to be woven on the Levers lace machine, and the strips 2 thereof each comprise a series of beam threads 10, Fig. 4-, of minimum extensible qualities and of a comparatively heavy count which extend longitudinally of the strip throughout its entire length. A second series of beam threads 11 is employed, and known to the art as gimp threads, the threads of this series being of like qualities unto the series of longitudinal beam threads, but being adapted to ,be shogged across and tied to the said longitudinal beam threads and the threads of the delicate lace portions adjacent the strips, the tying of these several threads being accomplished by the shuttle. threads 12 in the usual manner as well known to those familiar with the art.

I claim:

1. A lace fabric having a plurality of open lace sections, the adjacent lace sections being connected by means of a strip of fabric comprising beam threads of minimum on tensible qualities, said strips of fabric coordinating with said lace sections to form an artistic lace pattern in the completed lace fabric,

2. A lace drapery having a series of longitudinal open lace sections and a series of longitudinal strips of minimum extensibility alternating with the said lace sections, said strips comprising longitudinal beam threads and transverse gimp threads, and acting to support the open lace sections of the drapery.

3. A lace drapery having a series of longitudinal open lace sections and a series of longitudinal strips alternating with the lace sections, said strips being made of short sections connected by open Work the entire length of each strip being of material of minimum extensible quality to hold the lace sections from stretching.

4. A lace drapery comprising open work sections havlng scallops, said lace sections being spaced apart by solid sections of lumimum extensibility interposed with a series 15 so that when the lace piece is out into units 20 the cut edge is presented in scalloped torn].

Iv ARC H. DAUDY.

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