AN IMPROVEMENT IN VENEERS, AND IN THE METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: I CHARLES DE BOURBON, D'ESTE, PALEOLOGUS, GONZAGA, PRINCE OF MANTUA
AND MONTFERRAT of 18 Elgin Road, St Peter's Park, London, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN VENEERS, AND IN THE METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to strengthen Veneer and render it suitable for
Wall and Ceiling and Floor decorations, and to Furniture; and the manufacture
of Window-Blinds, Shutters, Partitions, Screens, and of Bags, Boxes, Purses,
Portmanteaus, and other fancy articles, and for Panels for painting on; or to Slabs
of Plaster, and for outside Doors and other work intended to be exposed to the
weather For this purpose I glue thin Veneers on Cloth, paper, or other flexible
material, with glue and cement, together or separately, and after pressing the same,
affix it to Walls, Ceilings, or Woodwork, or other Structures requiring decoration.
I afterwards affix beading, either of Wood, Stucco, or other material for the
purpose of breaking up the surface into Panels-I also apply Veneer, either with
or without a sub-stratum of Cloth, paper, or other flexible material, to Doors or
other out-door structures, with marine Glue, or other waterproof compositions
of Alcohol, Petroleum, Shell-lac, Gums, or other adhesive substances, for the
purpose of resisting moisture.

page_text: I CHARLES DE BOURBON D'ESTE PALEOLOGUS GONZAGA, PRINCE OF MANTUA
AND MONTFERRAT, of 18 Elgin Road, St Peter's Park, London in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for AN IMPROVEMENT
IN VENEERS, AND IN THE METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME and in what manner'
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The object of this Invention is to strengthen Veneer and render it suitable for.
wall, ceiling, and floor decorations and to Furniture; and the manufacture of
window-blinds shutters, screens: and of bags, boxes, purses, portmanteaus and other
fancy articles and for panels for painting on; or to slabs of plaster; and for
outside doors, plaster, and other work intended to be exposed to the Weather..
For this purpose I fasten Veneers on cloth, paper, or other flexible material with
glue and cement, together or separately, and (after pressing the same to render it
smooth, either between rollers, blocks, dies, or stencils, to impress a pattern on it)
affix it to Walls, Ceilings, or Woodwork or other structures requiring decoration.
I afterwards affix beading either of Wood, Stucco or other material, for the
purpose of breaking up the surface into panels-When the Veneer is sufficiently
tough, I cement it directly to the plaster with adhesive substances-I also apply
Veneer either with or without a substratum of Cloth, paper, or other flexible
material, to Doors, or other out-door structures, with marine Glue or other-
waterproof compositions of alcohol petroleum, Shell-lac, Gums, or other adhesive
substances, for the purpose of resisting moisture.
With a view of varying the surface of the Veneer, I cut it into fret-work, and
lay one description of wood over another with the object of improving the effect―
My mode of manufacture is as follows:-I strengthen the Veneer by affixing
it with an adhesive substance, which I will hereafter particularise, to cloth, paper,
or other flexible material, which, after being pressed between rollers or flat presses
is then rendered suitable for. the manufacture of floor-cloths, blinds, shutters,
screens, or partitions, and of bags, purses, portmanteaus or other fancy articles, and
for panels for painting on-After flattening the Veneer and passing it between
rollers and blocks such as are used for colour printing on paper or cloth to impress
a pattern on it either in water-colours, oil-colours, or japanners gold size-The
application of Veneer to cloth for the purpose of forming flooring, is either to
painted or plain canvass with one of the Cements which I will hereafter describe,
the variation being according to the strength and durability demanded-I affix
the Veneer to Walls, or slabs of plaster, with cenient in the application of which to
this purpose I claim a novelty which I will hereafter particularise-I affix the
Veneer to doors which are to be exposed to the weather, with a waterproof cement
which I will hereafter particularise-I lay the Veneers over each other between
wooden boards, when very thin, and with a fret-work saw, or other cutting
implement, I cut them into patterns, en masse, which I then separate and cement
to the Veneer which has a plain surface. It is then pressed until dry, then rubbed
smooth with glass-paper or sand-paper, pumice stone, or other polishing substances,
or with metal scrapers, or french polished or varnished-My Veneers, however
applied, require to be oiled, varnished, or French-polished; or coated with a
solution of Water-glass.
The Cements I use for affixing Veneer to Cloth, paper, or other flexible material,
are Fish-glue, or other Glue, or a mixture of Clue and paste, or glue, rósin, and
paste, or paste by itself, rendered incorruptible by the addition of Alum or corrosive

page_text: sublimate The Cement I use for fixing Veneers to Wood to be exposed to out-door
climatic influences, consists of a solution of Indian-rubber in Petroleum to which
Shell-lac is afterwards added-I also affix the Veneer with mastic varnish or with
a solution of gum-ammoniacum, or other gums dissolved in methylated spirit; or a
solution of Syrian bitumen, dissolved in petroleum, the nature of the cementing
material varying with the degree of heat to which it is likely to be exposed-The
Cement I use for fixing Veneer directly to plaster is composed of flour paste, well
boiled, and with the addition of a sinall proportion of alum levigated with finely
ground chalk, precipitated, or natural, or other finely ground mineral materials-
Or, I make a mixture of glue and chalk, or gum, sugar and chalk, or other mineral
material.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention, I declare that what I claim is
1st The application of Veneer to cloth, paper, and other flexible material,
rendering it suitable for wall, ceiling, and floor decorations; and to furniture ;
and the manufacture of window-blinds, slutters and screens, and of bags, boxes,
purses, portmanteaus and other fancy articles, and for panels for painting on.
2nd The application of Veneer to slabs of plaster, or Walls, with cement made of
organic and inorganic material combined-as hercin set forth.
3rd I claim to manufacture the Vencer which has been affixed to cloth, paper, or
other flexible material, into bags, boxes, purses, window-blinds shutters, screens,
portmanteaus, and other fancy articles.
4th I claim to print on my improved Vencer in black, white, and colours, and
decorate the same as above described, and either with the aid of rollers, blocks or
stencils, to impress a pattern on it; or with the aid of Dies, to emboss it in relief
substantially in the manner herein before described.
5th I claim to affix the Vencer to Doors of Wood or metal with water-proof
cement as herein before described.
6th I claim to decorate my Veneer by cementing it in fret-work over itself so as
to vary the pattern, and produce relief-as herein before described.
Dated this the Sth day of November 1884.
C. OF MANTUA & MONTFERRAT.