IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MOSAIC WORK
Year: 1884

page_text: I LÉONOR EMILIE ASCAGNE of Boulevard Saint Denis 1 at Paris do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF MOSAIC WORK to be as follows:-
"
My invention relates to the manufacture of a novel kind of mosaic work which
I call Liane Mosaic. For the purpose of my invention I employ plants or shrubs
of various kinds but more particularly the creepers or plants known as
"lianes
and which grow in South America; I cut the stems or stalks of the plants
transversely into pieces or short lengths and I arrange the pieces endwise one
against another upon a board or slab and fix them to this board by means of glue
or other agglutinous material. The blocks which are thus formed are afterwards
planed, polished and varnished.
I thus obtain a mosaic of quite a novel character and suitable for many purposes
by reason of the variety of shades and designs furnished by the transverse sections
of the lianes, plants or shrubs employed in the manufacture.
By means of my invention I am enabled to make or decorate various kinds of
furniture such as tables, chests of drawers, chiffoniers &c as well as to form panels,
flooring or other objects where mosaic designs are appropriate.
J. C. MEWBURN,
169, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I LEONOR EMILIE ASCAGNE of Boulevard Saint Denis 1 at Paris do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF MOSAIC WORK and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"
My invention relates to the manufacture of a novel kind of mosaic work which
I call Liane Mosaic.
For the purpose of my invention I employ plants or shrubs of various kinds
but more particularly the creepers or plants known as "lianes" and which grow in
South America; I cut the stems or stalks of the plants transversely into pieces or
short lengths and I arrange the pieces end wise one against another upon a board or
slab and fix them to this board by means of glue or other agglutinous material.
The blocks which are thus formed are afterwards planed, polished and varnished..
I thus obtain a mosaic of quite a novel character and suitable for many purposes
by reason of the variety of shades and designs furnished by the transverse sections
of the lianes, plants or shrubs employed in the manufacture.
Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings show in plan and section respectively
a piece of mosaic made according to this invention. a, a, a, a, represent
different shrubs or lianes of which the mosaic is formed and b the board or slab on
which they are arranged and fixed. Figures 3, 4 and 5 show separately three of
the pieces before their application to the board.
By means of my invention I am enabled to make or decorate various kinds of
furniture such as tables, chests of drawers, chiffoniers &c as well as to form panels,
flooring or other objects where mosaic designs are appropriate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The manufacture of what is hereinbefore called "Liane Mosaic" substantially in
the manner set forth.