IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED WALL-PAPER
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for an Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED WALL-PAPER." A communication from
abroad by Eduard Leissner, of the City of New York, in the County and
State of New York, United States of America.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th March 1882.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED
WALL-PAPER." A communication from abroad by Eduard Leissner, of the City of
New York, in the County and State of New York, United States of America.
The object of this Invention is to produce an embossed wall-paper, the raised
figures in which shall be supported, so that they cannot be pressed back or flattened
when once on the wall, and the Invention consists in lining the paper to be
embossed with a flexible backing, such as felt paper or blotting like paper, in then
embossing said lined paper in proper manner, and in then filling the cavities in the
back with a cement and covering the entire back afterwards with another paper,
all as herein after more fully described. In the accompanying Drawings—
Figure 1 is a face view, partly in section, shewing the improved paper hanging ;
Figure 2 is a cross section of the same.
In the Drawing the letter A represents the outer sheet of paper, and B is its
immediate lining at the back. The lining B is of felt paper, or of other very
flexible paper, which will furnish an elastic support to the outer paper A, and
prevent it from tearing during the embossing process or afterwards. This lining
is by gum or otherwise fastened to the paper A. After this the paper A thus
lined is embossed in suitable machinery to produce the raised figures a, a, of
suitable design on its outer surface. The cavities in the back of the lining B are
thereupon filled with a cement C, preferably a cement containing some oil, so that
it will not be liable to harden rapidly. This cement fills all the cavities, and is

page_text: made even or flat at the back, where finally the entire structure is lined with
another sheet D, of paper or equivalent fabric. Instead of lining the paper A
with felt paper suitable woven fabric may be used for the same purpose.
The embossed paper produced in accordance with this Invention will be found
very useful in the arts. The raised figures cannot be pressed back, as in the
embossed papers heretofore made, but will at all times maintain their form.
Moreover, the paper can be rolled for transportation, and afterwards flattened
out again, and applied to posts or columns without interfering with the outline
or beauty of the embossing.
The cement being pliable to an extent leaves the entire paper pliable and yet
firm when on the wall.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is,-
1st. The embossed wall paper A combined with the filling C of cement, which
is in the cavities of the back and with the outermost lining D, substantially as
described.
2nd. The embossed wall paper A lined at
and combined with the filling of cement C
herein shewn and described.
its back with the embossed sheet B
and outer lining D, substantially as
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
A. M. CLARK,
(L.8.)