Patent Art Prints

Text on the tag: The advancement of technology has made video recording more accessible and affordable. In the mid 1950s, video recorders were sold...

Text on the tag: Also called clapperboard, or slate board, they particularly played an important role in filming where the images and sounds were s...

Text on the tag: Dated ca 2500-2350 BC, on an Egyptian tomb, the first illustration of a cat with a collar was found. By the 12th dynasty (ca 1976-...

Text on the tag: The oldest surviving terrestrial globe was made in 1492 by Martin Behaim (1459–1537)..   Conservation acid-free board included De...

Text on the tag: The first stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French doctor René Laënnec. Prior to this invention, physicians would carry out imme...

Text on the tag: A single lens microscope was invented in the 1660s by Antony van Leeuwenhoek which was capable of magnifying an object up to 200 t...

Text on the tag: Although today, linen, wool, silk and cotton yarns are mostly used, early sewers used thread made from leather thongs, gut and gra...

Text on the tag: Traditionally, heels were for men. Riding horses required footwear with heels in order to stay in the stirrups - hence the heels o...

Text on the tag: Isaac Merritt Singer came from humble beginnings. Working in a machine-shop in Boston in 1851, he was given a sewing machine to re...

Text on the tag: Improvements made to design a cross cutting device was introduced by the Romans in 100 AD. The name originates from the Latin word...

Text on the tag: Studies showed that if given the opportunity to select one designer item, handbag would be the item of choice by 22% of women..   ...

Text on the tag: The major difference between a mannequin and a dress form, is the layer of foam and cloth on top of its inner shell, which enables...

Text on the tag: During World War II, although cosmetics were rationed, the lipstick was the only cosmetic that was kept in production under Winsto...

Text on the tag: A dress form is a model of the torso used for fitting clothing in the process of it being designed or sewed. Some call the dress f...

Text on the tag: The craze for the hourglass figure peaked in popularity in the Victorian period when steel boning was used to shape the waist, and...

Text on the tag: Starting with the Hobart Model-H in 1914, followed by the domestic model in 1919, the food mixer has since become a key kitchen it...

Text on the tag: Purses and handbags have been a practical necessity, as well as a fantastic fashion accessory which can be traced as far back as t...

Text on the tag: With the absence of gears, old fashioned bikes relied on having bigger wheels to propel a bigger push from the pedals for speed. T...

Text on the tag: The first fountain pen with a built in reservoir was produced in 1844. The first nibs were made of gold alloys. They were often di...

Text on the tag: Depending on where we are on the globe, some of us are spinning through space at just over 1,000 miles per hour. Those positioned ...

Text on the tag: Early forks were used in the royal courts of the Middle East going as far back as the 7th Century. By the end of the 1600s, forks ...

Text on the tag: Show jumping began on July 28, 1868. At the inaugural Dublin Horse Show, where the competition went on for four days, the sport wa...

Text on the tag: Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum. The Grand Café, in Oxford, is the site where England’s firs...

Text on the tag: First established in 1903, Harley-Davidson created their first motorcycle in a humble ten by fifteen wooden shed. Their vision was...

Text on the tag: Until the 1890s, there were no golf bags, and caddies simply tied a strap around the clubs. The word, caddy is derived from the Fr...

Text on the tag: The English inventor Henry Mill had patented a similar machine long ago in 1714, which never seems to have gone into production. T...

Text on the tag: Ancient civilisations made spoons from materials including wood, bone, rock, gold, silver and ivory. Today, stainless steel is the...

Text on the tag: Made of lead, early toy trains had no moving parts with only some made with wheels that would actually turn. From around 1875 onwa...

Text on the tag: First depicted on the sides of ancient Egyptian tombs and in Mesopotamian culture, the harp is one of the oldest instruments in th...

Text on the tag: Early tea bags were hand-sewn fabric bags, with patents dating as early as 1903 with their first commercial appearance around 1904...

Text on the tag: The exact middle of a piano keyboard is not middle C, but is actually the space between E and F above middle C. The impressively i...

Text on the tag: The instrument has been used successfully in symphonic music such as Bizet, Massenet, and Berlioz. Today the saxophone is synonymo...

Text on the tag: Brushes can be made using badger, boar, or horse hair. Material of the handles include plastic, wood, porcelain, ivory, tortoisesh...

Text on the tag: The modern violin has been around for around 500 years, which is said to have been designed in the 1500’s by Andrea Amati. The mod...

Text on the tag: If all the LEGO bricks sold in a year were lined up end to end, it would reach over 5 times around the globe. The word “Lego” derv...

Text on the tag: The Porsche 911 is undoubtedly one of the most iconic names in motoring, yet this name was initially set to be called the Porsche ...