US Patent No. 550,745, granted December 3, 1895 to Edward Cope of New Basford, Nottingham, England, for a twist-lace fabric. It describes modifying an ordinary twist-lace machine so that the same spool threads cover both faces, giving a double-faced lace with a pattern on each side. The patent has four sheets of drawings showing the machine and thread movements, followed by the specification and three claims.