Marble on Painted and other Surfaces.
Year: 1885

page_text: Marble on Painted and other Surfaces.
I, THOMAS STOCKTON WORTHINGTON of 4 Blake Street in the City of York
Decorator do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF PRODUCING IMITATIONS OF WOOD AND MARBLE ON PAINTED AND
OTHER SURFACES to be as follows:-
"
My Invention relates to a method of producing on painted or other surfaces
imitations of woods and marbles and consists in a process of transferring the
graining marbling and grounds for the same whereby economy of time and skilled
labor is effected.
For the purposes of my invention transfer paper that is to say paper coated with
a solution of starch and glue or with a solution of dextrine is printed by means of
engraved blocks or rollers or by lithography or otherwise or painted by hand with
graining or marbling in imitation of the wood or marble it is desired to represent
and in certain cases a coat of ground color or paint may also be applied or printed
thereon for the purpose of being transferred simultaneously with the graining or
marbling or they may be transferred separately.
When the printed or painted surface is dry it is to be varnished with an elastic
varnish or other medium capable of affording after an indefinite lapse of time the
necessary adhesion for the transfer of the grained or other coating to the painted or
other surface to be decorated. The grained or other transfer sheets are cut to suit
the surface to be decorated and when the grained or other coating has been applied
to the said surface and caused to adhere thereto the paper backing is washed or
stripped off, leaving the graining &c transferred after which the work is varnished.

page_text: Marble on Painted and other Surfaces.
I, THOMAS STOCKTON WORTHINGTON of 4 Blake Street in the City of York,
Decorator, 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 :-
My Invention relates to a method of producing on painted or other surfaces
imitations of woods and marbles, and the Invention consists in a process of
transferring the graining, marbling, and grounds, for the same, whereby economy
of time and skilled labor is effected.
For the purposes of my Invention transfer paper, that is to say, paper coated
with a solution of starch and glue, or with a solution of dextrine, is printed or
painted by hand with graining or marbling in imitation of the wood or marble it
is desired to represent. A thin coat of varnish may be applied to the transfer
paper before printing on it, to enable it to receive the graining etc better, but this
is not always necessary.
A coat of paint, called ground color, may also be applied or printed on the
transfer paper after graining or marbling the same if it is desired that the ground
shall be transferred to the surface to be decorated simultaneously with the
graining or marbling. Separate transfers may, however, be used for the ground,
and for the graining or marbling.
If the transfer has not been coated with ground color after being grained or
marbled, it is to be varnished when dry with an elastic varnish or other medium
capable of affording, after an indefinite lapse of time, the adhesion necessary for the
transfer of the grained or marbled film to the surface to be decorated, but when
the transfer sheet has been recently coated with ground color this coat of varnish
is not necessary.
The graining or marbling may be printed on the prepared surface of the transfer
paper by surface printing from blocks or rollers, or otherwise, preferably by
lithography or zincography.
In the case of oak which is a deep grained wood, the graining may be produced
in the first instance from the natural wood, a transfer being taken therefrom and
laid down on stone or zinc from which the transfer sheets are printed as above
mentioned.
The method of using the grained or marbled transfer sheets is as follows;-The
transfer sheets having been cut to suit the size and shape of the surface to be
decorated is damped on both sides with water by immersion, or by means of a
brush. The surface to be decorated (which has previously been painted a suitable
ground-color-if the ground is not to be applied by transference) is also to be
washed with water and whilst both the transfer paper and the said surface are wet
the face of the former is applied to the latter and rolled flat with a cloth covered or
india rubber roller. After a short time (which varies according to the thickness of
the paper and the solubility of the primary glue or dextrine coating of the paper)

page_text: the paper is stripped off leaving the film carrying the imitation graining or
marbling and the now subjacent ground (if any) closely adherent to the decorated
surface. The film so transferred must be allowed to dry naturally." It is advisable
to leave it for twenty four hours and then to varnish it. In some cases a glazing
of color before the final varnishing may be an improvement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what
I claim is ;-
The herein described process of producing imitations of woods and marbles on
painted and other surfaces, which consists in manufacturing transfer sheets grained
or veined and in transferring the grained or veined film therefrom (with or with-
out a coating of ground color) to the surface to be decorated all in the manner
herein before set forth.