After a long and painful weekend
I've got a (poor) translation of the 1864 document up
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfg2hmx7_162c3zhvkfxEven so, lots of interesting information!
1. I need help with
effet de moire, vilbrequin, corroie, and derochment la trancha??
2. MORE damascus patterns I've never seen
Damas Riblons
Damat et Rubans Croises
Demi-Damas (half coiled?)
Serpentaux en Damas Frises
3. Named Twist pattern described
le ruban de fer simple ou canon tordu en rubans de fe
le ruban de fer corroyé
le ruban composé de fer et d'acier
le ruban anglais on moiré; le ruban de fer étoffé
4. At the London Exposition of 1861-62, the author exhibited 18 patterns.
5.
Alternees is the name for the individual flat or cubed strips of iron and steel that are layered (piled) to form the lopin (billet.)
7.
Damas Moucheté is the name for the general pattern of which Bernard is an example. Mouche or fleuret in English is "blossom or floweret" or "bull's eye" and certainly describes Bernard II.
It turns out that Moucheté Damas was created in St-Etienne in 1845 and Leopold's dad, Albert, came to Saint-Etienne to learn the means of production.
Enjoy and if you figure out something else important, please let me know!
