An Ornamental or Amusing Novelty for a Decorative Device.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
✓ PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Ornamental or Amusing Novelty for a Decorative Device.
We, ADOLPH TUCK, of the Firm of Raphael Tuck and Sons, of 72 and
73 Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers and FLORENCE
PRINCE SCOTT, of The Chalet, St. Peters Road, Croydon, in the County of
Surrey, Artist and Designer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention has reference to an ornamental or amusing novelty or decorative
device.
According to our invention the representation of a face, say for instance a baby's
face and so much of the bust as may be intended to be seen is printed, preferably in
colours, on pasteboard, or is mounted on pasteboard, or the like, and is cut out, that
is to say, the superfluous material beyond the printed part is cut away leaving it in
the shape of the bead &c. The hands and part of the arms are treated in like
manner and may be represented holding a feeding bottle or the like.
Tissue paper which may have been previously cut out, pinked, pierced, edged,
gathered, or the like, and otherwise, is then wrapped or folded round the figure so
as to resemble a baby's long robe, or night dress, or the like, and cap, a treatment
to which this material lends itself admirably, so that the figure becomes a capital
representation of a baby dressed in the ordinary long robes of babyhood, or
otherwise.
The preparation of the paper representation of clothing, the gathering into shape,
the gumming, or gluing, and fixing, or the like, are very easily and quickly
performed, and if the paper is previously pierced, or embossed, to resemble
embroidery, or insertion, or the like, the effect may be produced of an expensive
and elaborate garment.
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Dated the 7th day of June 1893.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Ornamental or Amusing Novelty for a Decorative Device.
We, ADOLPH TUCK, of the Firm of Raphael Tuck and Sons, of 72 and
73 Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers and FLORENCE
PRINCE SCOTT, of The Chalet, St. Peters Road, Croydon in the County of
Surrey, Artist and Designer, 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 :-
Our invention has reference to an ornamental or amusing novelty or decorative
device.
According to our invention the representation of a face, say for instance a baby's
face and so inuch of the bust as may be intended to be seen is printed, preferably in
colours, on pasteboard, or is mounted on pasteboard, or the like, and is cut out, that
is to say, the superfluous material beyond the printed part is cut away leaving it in
the shape of the head &c. The hands and part of the arms are treated in like
manner and may be represented holding a feeding-bottle or the like.

page_text: Tissue paper, which may have been previously cut out, pinked, pierced, edged,
gathered, or the like, is then wrapped or folded round the figure so as to resemble
a baby's long robe or night dress or the like, and a cap. To this treatment this
material lends itself admirably, so that the figure becomes a capital representation
of a baby dressed in the ordinary long robes of babyhood, or the like.
The preparation of the paper representation of clothing, the gathering into shape,
the gumming or gluing, and fixing are very easily and quickly performed, and if
the paper is previously pierced, or embossed to resemble embroidery, or insertion,
or the like, a good representation may be produced of an expensive and elaborate
garment.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 represents our invention in its complete state.
Fig. 2 represents the pasteboard parts as they are after being printed aud
punched out and before they are trimmed and made up.
Fig. 3, represents the various pieces of tissue paper used to form its dress
A is the representation of the baby's head and bust the part a being afterwards
covered by the dress and serving to support and give form thereto. B and B are
its bands and arms. C, is the representation of a feeding bottle. D is a rectang lar
piece of tissue paper which when pleated, folded &c. and gummed on forms he
front half of the dress, a like piece serves to form the back of the dress and the
are gummed together at the edges. E, is a piece of paper which forms one of
sleeves and a like piece forms the other. F, is a slip of paper crimped
gathered by well known apparatus to form a frill which when gummed on the ì
of the head close round the upper edge projects beyond the edge and forms its
G is a piece of paper which is stuck over the back of the head after the oth
pieces are attached so as to form the representation of the back portion of the
and to conceal the edges and gummed portions of the other pieces.
The parts shown in Fig. 2 are printed on and stamped out of one piece of
pasteboard they require to be cut apart, superfluous material round the head
trimmed off as well as the piece or pieces
left by the punch for the purpose
support and to render it more convenient to handle.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this inventi
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
claim is :-
1. The ornamental or amusing novelty for a decorative device hereinbefore
described and shown in the drawings.
2. The new article of manufacture consisting of the representation of a dressed
baby made in pasteboard and paper and printed all substantially as described and
shown in the drawings.
Dated March 9th 1894.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicants.