GB Patent: 171,600,403 - Working and weaving in a new method, palmetta chip and straw for hats and bonnets and other improvements of that ware


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GB Patent: GB-171,600,403

Working and weaving in a new method, palmetta chip and straw for hats and bonnets and other improvements of that ware

Patentees:

Sybilla Masters (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Masters (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA

USPTO Classifications:

Tool Categories:

manufacturing : manufacturing processes : hat making

trade specific : milliner

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Sybilla Masters - London, England

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Feb. 18, 1716

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Wikipedia biography of Sybilla Righton Masters

Description:

See also patent GB-171,500,401. Sybilla Masters moved to London (from Pennsylvania) to open a hat shop where she sold her "West Indies" hats and bonnets as well as baskets, matting and furniture, all made from palmetto leaves. She returned home after only a couple of months due to homesickness. She died in 1720, at about 44 years of age. This patent was granted to Sybilla's husband as women were not allowed to hold patents.