A New or Improved Wall Decoration.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
A New or Improved Wall Decoration.
I, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS EBEL, of 27, Ravensbourne Road, Catford, in the
County of Kent, Artist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved decorative coating or covering for
walls of churches and other buildings, the object of the invention being to produce,
at a greatly reduced cost, a material or substance which may be used in lieu of
high-class artistic fresco and hand painted mural decoration, and which, at the
same time, shall be exceedingly durable, flexible, damp-resisting, and may readily
be applied to damp and uneven walls without the troublesome and expensive
preparation of such walls heretofore found necessary before any artistic decoration
could be attempted.
The invention consists of paper which, having previously been milled or glazed
by means of hot rollers, is coated, on the side intended to be placed next the wall,
with a preparation consisting of colour mixed with japanner's size and boiled oil,
and whilst wet, is strewn with hot silver sand, and then allowed to dry.
The other side of the paper is then treated in a similar manner by coating with
the preparation of colour, japanner's size and boiled oil, and this is then allowed
to dry; the addition of silver sand being omitted from this part of the operation.
For the hand-painted effect, this prepared surface is printed upon in oil colours by
means of hand blocks or machine rollers, and then allowed to dry and harden.
For the fresco effect, the same appliances are used, but the oil colours are mixed
with the preparation as above described and strewn, immediately after being
printed, with hot silver sand.
The oleaginous preparation permeating the milled paper, and binding with the
silver sand, produces a very durable and flexible damp-proof material which may
be readily applied to any wall surface by means of any suitable cement.
Dated this 27th day of August 1894.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS EBEL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Wall Decoration.
I, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ЕBEL, of 27, Ravensbourne Road, Catford, in the
County of Kent, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a new or improved decorative coating or covering for
the walls of churches and other buildings, the object of the invention being to
produce, at a greatly reduced cost, a material or substance which may be used in
lieu of high-class artistic fresco and hand-painted mural decorations, and which, at
the same time, shall be exceedingly durable, flexible, damp-resisting, and may
readily be applied to damp and uneven walls without the troublesome and expensive
preparation of such walls heretofore found necessary before any artistic decoration
could be attempted.

page_text: The invention consists of paper or other suitable felted material, which, having
previously been milled or glazed by means of hot rollers, is coated, on the side
intended to be placed next the wall, with a preparation consisting of colour mixed
with japanners' size and boiled oil, and whilst wet, is strewn with (preferably hot)
silver sand, sea sand, or other suitable substance in a finely pulverized condition,
and then allowed to dry. The other side of the paper or equivalent material is
then treated in a similar manner by coating with the preparation of colour,
japanners' size, and boiled oil, and this is then allowed to dry; the addition of
silver sand or other material being omitted from this part of the operation.
For the hand-painted effect this prepared surface is printed upon in oil colours
by means of hand blocks or machine rollers, the material being either left plain or
embossed as may be desired, and then allowed to dry and harden. For the fresco
effect the same appliances are used, but the oil colours are mixed with the pre-
paration as above described, and strewn, immediately after being printed, with
(preferably hot) silver sand, sea sand, or other suitable substance, the material in
this case also being either left plain or embossed as may be desired.
The modifications of the invention above described may be used either separately
or in any possible combination with each other.
The oleaginous preparation permeating the milled paper or other felted
substance, produces a very durable and flexible damp-proof material, but as a
further protection in very damp situations, an india-rubber or bituminous coating,
strewn whilst wet, with sand or other similar substance, may be applied to the
back of the material, and for very exposed positions, the face of the fresco
decoration may have a coating of silica in solution, care being taken that all parts
to which this coating is applied be completely covered with the sand or other
suitable substance in a finely pulverized condition.
The material may be readily attached to any wall surface by means of any
suitable cement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In the manufacture of wall decorations, the use of paper or other felted
material rendered damp-proof by coating both sides thereof with a mixture of
colour, japanners' size and boiled oil, the side to be placed next the wall being
strewn, immediately after coating with the mixture, with (preferably hot) silver
sand, sea sand, or other similar substance, substantially as described.
2. A wall decoration which may be used in lieu of mural or other similar hand-
painted decorations, consisting of the material manufactured as described in Claim 1
having a design printed in oil colours on the front side thereof, the material being
either left plain or embossed as desired, substantially as described.
3. A wall decoration which may be used in lieu of fresco or similar decorations,
consisting of the material manufactured as described in Claim 1, having on the
front side thereof a design in oil colours mixed with japanners' size and boiled oil,
the colours being strewn, whilst wet, with (preferably hot) silver sand, sea sand,
or other similar substance, the material being either left plain or embossed as
desired, substantially as described.
4. The process of manufacturing wall decorations, substantially as described.
Dated this 4th day of March 1895.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS EBEL.