Improvements in the Decoration of Walls, Screens, and other such Surfaces.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 8th Sept., 1900-Accented 12th d
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Decoration of Walls, Screens, and other such
Surfaces.
I, ARTHUR EDWARD HORTON, of the Firm of A. E. Horton and Sons, of Bristol
Road, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Painters and Decorators, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
My invention has for its object improvements in the decoration of walls
screens and other such surfaces by which I am enabled to effect the artistic
decoration of any surface without recourse to skilled labour while at the same
time my decoration is particularly rich and delicate in appearance. The design
and colours are capable of infinite variety both in the main arrangement or
in detail.
I will describe my invention as applied to an ordinary wall which must be
provided with a perfectly smooth and clean surface such as that formed by
plaster. The portion which is to be decorated is first painted to the desired tint
or colour to form the required back ground and this colour may be darker in
the one part than the other the different tones being graduated and blended
together. I then take a piece of lace muslin or any such textile material but
preferably of the lace curtain class of a suitable size and configurated design and
lip it into a solution of paste starch or other liquid of an adhesive nature which
loes not affect the texture or colour of the material being dipped.
The lace or other textile material after being so treated is extended while
n a moist state over that portion of the wall which has been already prepared
ith a background to receive it as before described being secured thereto at the
dges while the whole of the surface is dabbed against the wall with the aid
a stippling brush or soft pad after which it is allowed to dry thus providing a
atural textile surface through which the coloured background can be seen which
as the effect of throwing the lace designs or configurations into relief or con-
ast with the back ground and thus requires no further decoration whatever
e appearance when finished being particularly rich and delicate.
The textile material used may be woven in colours in which case the back-
ound requires to be of a colour which harmonises with the colours in the lace
ces while the edges of the material may be covered with suitable moldings or
other means.
Dated this 8th day of December 1000
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant,
5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.

page_text: Improvements in the Decoration of Walls, Screens, and other such
Surfaces.
I, ARTHUR EDWARD HORTON, of the Firm of Horton & Son, of Bristol Street,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Painters & Decorators, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention has for its object improvements in the decoration of walls,
screens and other such surfaces by which I am enabled to effect the artistic
decoration of any surface without recourse to skilled labour while at the same
time my decoration is particularly rich and delicate in appearance. The desigu
and colours are capable of infinite variety both in the main arrangement or in
detail.
I will describe my invention as applied to an ordinary wall which must be
provided with a perfectly smooth and clean surface such as that formed by plaster.
The portion which is to be decorated is first painted to the desired tint or color to
form the required back ground and this color may be darker in one part than
the other the different tones being graduated and blended together. I then
take a piece of lace muslin or any such textile material but preferably of the
lace curtain class of a suitable size and configurated design and dip it into a
solution of paste starch or other liquid of an adhesive nature which does not
materially affect the texture or colour of the material being dipped.
The lace or other textile material after being so treated is extended while in
a moist state over that portion of the wall which has been already prepared with
a background to receive it as before described being secured thereto at the edges
while the whole of the surface is dabbed against the wall with the aid of a
stippling brush or soft pad after which it is allowed to dry thus providing a
natural textile surface through which the coloured background can be seen which
has the effect of throwing the lace designs or configurations into relief or con-
trast with the back ground and thus requires no further decoration whatever,
the appearance when finished being particularly rich and delicate.
The textile material used may be woven in colours in which case the back-
ground requires to be of a colour which harmonises with the colours in the
lace pieces while the edges of the material may be covered with suitable mould-
ings or by other means."
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 decoration of walls screens and other such surfaces characterized by pre-
paring the said surface to be decorated and thereto applying. an open textile
material which has previously been saturated with a liquid of an adhesive
nature and which admits of the surface or background being seen through the
material substantially such as and for the purpose herein set forth.
TTTTO
VAL. GOULD,
Agent for Applicant,
5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.