Improvements in Folding Screens for Ornamental Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Screens for Ornamental Purposes.
We, ADOLPH Tuck, of the firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons, of 72 and 73,
Coleman Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers, and MARY
MCNEILAGE STEEL, of 14 Martell Road, West Dulwich, in the County of
London, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to folding screens for ornamental purposes such as are used
to decorate hearths, corners of rooms and for similar purposes and consists in
adding to such screens one or more horizontal bars or shelves in the manner herein-
after described on which as on a shelf, or bracket, small articles such as flowers,
ornamental vases, or the like articles of appropriate size, may be placed and which
further serves to brace together the several folds of the screen, so as to give it
greater firmness and lessen its liability to accidental disturbance.
According to our invention we pierce the several folds of the screen with a
horizontal slot or opening of such dimensions as to admit of the insertion there
through of a flat bar, or shelf-like board, or piece, such opening being preferably
cut to correspond with one of the decorative divisions of the screen, such for
instance as between the upper and lower panels (if the screen is made to represent
panelled work) and near the lower part of the screen, or as may be arranged in any
particular design.
The bar, or board, or piece, for insertion through these openings may be either
of wood, pasteboard, or other suitable material, according to the size of the screen
and the strength required, and the ends of such board, or piece, we prefer to
"mitre" that is cut obliquely to correspond with the usual position to the end folds
of the screen, and the ends of such board, or piece, may conveniently be provided
with a ledge on the under side or made to bend over, or turn down, and, if desired,
be secured to the said end pieces of the screen.
Such screens are usually made of pasteboard and the shelf may either be made
of the same material or of thin wood, or other material, and, where greater
strength is required, the screen itself may conveniently be made of thin wood or
the like.
The decorative treatment of the surface of the screen may be made to correspond
and provide for the introduction of the shelf and the articles it may support, and it
will be obvious that screens may be so made with more than one shelf and the
design forming the surface decoration of the screen may be adapted to the same.
Dated the 2nd day July 1892:
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Screens for Ornamental Purposes.
We, ADOLPH TUCK, of the firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons, of 72 and 73, Coleman
Street, in the City of London, Fine Art Publishers, and MARY MCNEILAGE
STEEL, of 14 Martell Road, West Dulwich, in the County of London, 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 relates to folding screens for ornamental purposes such as are used
to decorate hearths, corners of rooms and for similar purposes and consists in adding
to such screens one or more horizontal bars or shelves in the manner hereinafter

page_text: described on which as on a shelf, or bracket, small articles such as flowers
ornamental vases, or the like articles of appropriate size, may be placed and which
further serves to brace together the several folds of the screen, so as to give it
greater firmness and lessen its liability to accidental disturbance.
Our invention is represented in the accompanying sheets of drawings in which
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of one of our improved four fold screens, and
Fig. 2, a plan of the horizontal bar or shelf,
Fig. 3, is a perspective view of a two fold screen;
Fig. 4, is a plan of one of the shelves;
and
Fig. 5 is a back view of one leaf of the screen.
We pierce the several folds of the screen with a horizontal slot or opening e of
such dimensions as to admit of the insertion therethrough of a flat bar, or shelf-like
board, or piece, F, such openings being preferably cut to correspond with one of
the decorative divisions of the screen, such for instance as between the upper and
lower panels (if the screen is made, as represented in the drawing, to imitate
panelled work), or as may be arranged in any particular design.
The bar, or board, or piece F for insertion through these openings may be either
of wood, paste board, or other suitable material, according to the size of the screen
and the strength required, and the ends of such board, or piece, we prefer to
"mitre" that is cut obliquely, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 to correspond with the
usual position to the end folds of the screen, and the ends of such board, or piece, F,
may conveniently be provided, although this is not necessary, with a ledge on the
under side or may be made to bend over, or turn down, as shown at f, f, in
Figs. 4 and 5, and, be gummed, or otherwise secured to the back of the end leaves
of the screen.
Such screens are usually made of pasteboard and the shelf may either be made of
the same material, or, of thin wood, or other material, and, where greater strength
is required, the screen itself may conveniently be made of thin wood, or the like, or
may be strengthened by being made double in parts liable to strain. The pieces f,f,
I prefer to make of paper or the like, with or without canvas facing to give greater
strength.
The decorative treatment of the surface of the screen may be made to correspond
and provide for the introduction of the shelf or shelves and the articles it or they
may support, an example of such treatment is shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the
drawings, and such screens may be so made with more than one-shelf as shown in
Figs. 3 and 5, and the design forming the surface decoration of the screen may be
adapted to the same.
The drawings represent screens of two and four leaves but the number of leaves
may be varied and the shelf or shelves may be flat as represented or may consist
of one or more rods of cylindrical, or other section, from or on which articles may
be suspended or otherwise supported.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. Screens for ornamental or decorative purposes with a horizontal shelf or bar
or two or more shelves, or bars, through openings in the screen substantially as
and for the purpose described.
2. A decorative or ornamental folding screen the leaves of which are pierced for
the reception of and fitted with a shelf or bar "F," or two such shelves or bars as
shown in the drawings, or more than two substantially as herein described and set
forth.
Dated the 30th day of March 1002