An Improvement in Dados and Wall Frames for Pictures and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application 11th Nov., 1890
· Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Dados and Wall Frames for Pictures and
the like.
EMMANUEL MARRER 42 Queen's Road Notting Hill Kensington London
Middlesex Cabinet Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:---
An improvement in dados and wall frame for pictures and the like.
It is a dado
that can be reversed to show either a picture or an ordinary panel. It is the wish
of a great many gentlemen to transform an ordinary room into a picture gallery,
and this can be effected at the shortest notice by any person in ten minutes, with
the greatest simplicity without hooks, rings, or hinges.
Fig. capital A represents section of drawing of dado.
Fig. capital B represents an elevation drawing of upper and lower dado.
Fig. A represents height of movable pannel in lower dado.
Fig. B represents height of movable panel in upper dado as shown at elevation
drawing Fig. cap. B.
Fig. C is frame work fastened to wall, which holds top of movable panel in place
by a simple rabbet.
Fig. D represents wall.
Fig. E represents the plinth round room which holds the lower part of movable
panel, the panel being kept in place by means of a spring.
The movable panel in the upper and lower dado is made to represent a picture
frame on one side and an ordinary piece of panelling on the other side.
Fig. F represents the space for the picture which is to be put in from the top of
movable panel, glass, drawing, and mount must be fastened together, if necessary
to be made dust tight.
Fig. G represents movable panel being lifted out of lower groove and forced into
the upper groove, by which means the movable panel can easily be taken out of its
place, when a picture can be inserted or removed, or panel can be turned round and
replaced in position, being held therein by means of a spring Fig. I.
Fig. J represents movable panel brought forward to top of Fig. E specially
constructed for the position of movable panel by which means picture can be
viewed to better advantage.
Fig. K represents space behind lower movable panel for storing drawing, print,
photograph.
Fig. L on the elevation drawing represents an ordinary panelling.
Fig. M on the elevation drawing represents a picture frame; all the panelling
in upper and lower dado can be made reversible.
The lower dado, which represents two panels one over the other can be made so
as to show only one picture on the reversed side, if necessary.
Eleventh November 1890.
EMMANUEL MARRER.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Dados and Wall Frames for Pictures and
the like.
EMMANUEL MARRER Cabinet Maker 42 Queen's Road Notting Hill Parish of
Kensington in the County of Middlesex London 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 :-
The invention is designed to improve dados, wall pictures and the like by
arranging them in novel combination.
The improved dado is so constructed and arranged that when applied around
a room or wall the surface exhibited may be either an ordinary panelled or other
surface or a series of pictures or other artistic exhibits or other surfaces.
For instance a room having a plain panelled dado may be transformed in a
few minutes into a picture screen or gallery without having to apply hooks rings or
hinges.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a portion of a dado arranged to carry out my invention, in
section. The full lines indicating the parts in their position fitted closed into the
dado framework and the dotted lines indicating the removable frame or screen G
tilted or inclined outwards from the frame and resting on the swing ledge E.
Portions of the frames and parts are broken away for convenience of the drawings.
Fig. 2 indicates by diagram an elevation of the framing of an ordinary dado; in
the right hand half of the view marked L the panels are supposed to be filled in by
wooden carvings or other fillings; in the left hand half M the panels are supposed
to be reversed and pictures to be exhibited in the frames to be described.
Fig. 3 indicates by front view in detail the form of the bottom panel and frame
junction. A indicates the upper portion (Fig. 1) and A¹ the lower portion of a
removable panel in a dado, B being the slotted foot thereof. C indicates the
framing in which is formed the groove C into which the head of the panel A. is
first inserted and then the panel pushed back into the vertical plane required and
the foot B is allowed to drop over the projections E' of the swing plinth board E.
E is a groove terminating in a centre hole into which engages a pin E³. The
slide F indicates a painting, water color or other drawing or photograph capable of
being slidden into the grooves A² of the panel A and of being withdrawn at will
for change of exhibited article.
Or the panel A may be wholly withdrawn by lifting and bringing forward and
downward the lower end A' and after being reversed the panel may be replaced
with, say, its carved wooden side A' towards the front and the picture F enclosed
and protected. For upper panels it is generally sufficient to provide only the parts
included between the ends of the dotted line B* but for the lower panel I include
the foot B forming the parts as included by the line A*.
In the framing at the back of each panel foot or lower end I provide a recess and
spring C (here shewn as a coiled spring with its end next the plinth board padded
and its inner end fixed to the inner end of the recess wall) and this spring serves to
press out the parts when lifted or freed from their hold in the grooves.
Like springs may be similarly applied to the upper and other panels and
secured in the rearward framing.
When the lower panel is desired to be supported in an inclined position as
indicated by the dotted lines G the panel may be freed from framing C at foot, and
one of the under grooves A³ engaged with the bead E when that board is resting
tilted in an inclined position resting on its centre pin E3 and against the inclined
surface C of the framing C. C₁ are screws for fastening the dado to the wall D
but any suitable method of fastening may be used.

page_text: The space K may be used as a storage place for spare prints photographs or
the like.
Thus in practice a room having my improved dado may be used say as a dining
room with only carved wood or other like panellings thereto revealed and then in
a few minutes at pleasure without use of tools, removal of screws or manipulation
of hooks, rings, hinges or the like, and merely by lifting, lowering and reversing
the parts the carved or like panels may be replaced by pictorial or like decoration
so as to form a picture or art gallery.
This method of constructing dados will be found particularly well adapted for
occan going and other steamer cabins yacht saloons and other places, especially
those situations where economy of space is necessary, or where as in the exhibition
of water color drawings constant exposure to sunlight is undesirable.
The slots for the reception of the pictures may be arranged so that the picture
may be inserted from the side or top.
The framework is not required to be disturbed and the framing and panel frames
and panels may be made practically dust tight.
Coins, medals, plaques of metal, porcelain or jewels may be similarly exhibited or
alternatively concealed from view and locks may be applied if required as in
ordinary like meeting surfaces of furniture, without difficulty.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1 The combination or arrangement and use of parts of dados and wall frames
for pictures and the like so that the panels may be easily reversed as set forth
so that pictures and carved work, or other alternative surfaces may be exposed
or hidden substantially as set forth.
2:-The combination or arrangement and use of dados and wall frames for
pictures and other like articles of ornament or display, and means for facilitating
heir storage or exhibition substantially as set forth.
Dated the 9th day of Auơnst. 1891
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.