PAPER AS A MATERIAL EOR CLOTHING.

Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 548, 22 July 1869, Page 4

PAPER AS A MATERIAL EOR CLOTHING.

We have most of us seen or heard of paper (or rather paper-faced) collars, but it is not generally known that the use of the same material has now been extended to less prominent but more important garments. It must be premised that the paper used for these is of great strength and flexibility, and can be sewn with a machine giving seams almost as strong as a woven fabric. For this reason the inventor has particularly applied it to the production of petticoats, which are either printed in imitation of the fashionable skirts of the day, or stamped out with open work of such beauty and delicacy as no amount of labor with scissors and needle could imitate. The marvel is that these really beautiful productions can be sold retail at sixpence each. Another use to which the paper is applied is the production of imitation cretonnes and chintzes for bed furniture, a set costing retail about five shillings. The material of which these are composed is so flexible that a curtain maybe twisted into a rope and shaken out again, showing as little creasing as a chintz similarly treated. White day covers for beds, and tablecloths embossed with designs of great beauty, will doubtless attract much notice. In fact, it is impossible to look at them and consider their cheapness without thinking that this "felted" paper may in the end have a serious influence on the production of the woven fabrics it is intended to displace. The list of articles for which it is employed does not end with those we have enumerated. Imitation leather made impermeable to water makes s cheap and useful covering for furniture, even serves for shoes, Altogether, this new material seems likely to start a new and important branch of industry. — Globe