Object Details
- inventor
- Humphries, John
- Description
- Carpet Patent Model
- Patent No. 1,028, issued December 10, 1838
- John Humphries of New York, New York
- Humphries’s 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.
- 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.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- model constructed
- before 1838-12-10
- patent date
- 1838-12-10
- ID Number
- TE.T18362
- catalog number
- T18362.000
- patent number
- 001028
- accession number
- 1978.2402
- Object Name
- carpet patent model
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- fiber (overall material)
- woven (overall production method/technique)
- Related Publication
- Janssen, Barbara Suit. Patent Models Index
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Patent Models, Textile Machinery
- Textiles
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- classified
- Patent Models
- Invention
- Record ID
- nmah_622769
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-39a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
