IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND IN ORNAMENTING SURFACES.
Year: 1875

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LETTERS PATENT to William Boggett, of Lindsey Houses, Chelsea, in
the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND IN ORNAMENTING SURFACES.'
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Boggett at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th February 1875.
I, WILLIAM BOGGETT, of Lindsey Houses, Chelsea, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND IN ORNAMENTING
SURFACES," to be as follows:-
In carrying out my improvements I use sheets of tin foil, paper, or
paper coloured, embossed, or metalized, dyed cloth similarly prepared, or
sheet gelatine, which I perforate in a variety of ways, and into different
shapes, more especially to form with them a number of parellel strips or
bars which when placed over each other at different angles produce by
their different colours and transposition an endless number of patterns

page_text: or designs enhanced in some cases by tinsel. The patterns, borders, or
other designs thus produced may be employed in the making of blocks
or types for printing in colours, for paper staining, and various other
purposes, and are applicable to various descriptions of manufactured
articles, and may be applied in each case in the manner employed for
other designs.
These materials are used for ornamenting surfaces particularly glass
in frames for advertizing notices, either the letters, ground, or designs
being left clear, and other portions of the glass made wholly or partially
opaque, so that the designs may appear through the clear spaces. By 1
removing portions of the silvering from looking glasses to form letters or
designs a like result may be obtained.
The dark portions of glass may be made sufficiently opaque by means
of sheets of coloured paper, by metal, or by painting or embossing.
Sometimes I coat the clear spaces with transparent varnish, upon 1
which I place small particles of tinfoil, paper, tinsel, bright metal,
or woven silk.
For designs intended to be transparent I use coloured sheet gelatine
or dyed tracing paper or cloth, and I protect by transparent varnish
such of the above-named materials as would be otherwise subject to 2
tarnish.
The parellel or other strips may be cemented to any surface or be cut
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SPECIFICATION. in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Boggett in the Great Seal Patent Office 25
on the 12th August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BOGGETT, of Lindsey Houses, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 80
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of February, in the year. of:
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-.

page_text: eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Boggett, Her special license
that I, the said William Boggett, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Boggett, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS. IN
THE PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS AND IN ORNAMENTING SURFACES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Boggett, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under. my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and, immc-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Boggett, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :--
In carrying out my improvements I use sheets of tinfoil, paper, or
paper colored, embossed, or metallized, dyed cloth similarly prepared,
or sheet gelatine, which I perforate in a variety of ways, and into
different shapes, more especially to form with them a number of parallel
strips or bars which when placed over each other at different angles
produce by their different colors and transposition an endless number
of patterns or designs enhanced in some cases by tinsel. The patterns,
borders, or other designs thus produced may be employed in the making
of blocks or types for printing in colors, for paper staining, and various
other purposes, and are are applicable to various descriptions of manu-
factured articles, and may be applied in each case in the manner
employed for other designs.
The materials above referred to are used for ornamenting surfaces
particularly glass in frames for advertizing notices, either the letters,
ground, or designs being left clear, and other portions of the glass madę
wholly or partially opaque, so that the designs may appear through the

page_text: clear spaces. By removing portions of the silvering from looking glasses
to form letters or designs a like result may be obtained.
The dark portions of glass may be made sufficiently opaque, by means
'of sheets of colored paper, by metal, or by painting or embossing.
Sometimes I coat the clear spaces with varnish or other transparent
cement, upon which I place small particles of tinfoil, paper, tinsel,
bright metal, or woven silk.
For designs intended to be transparent I use colored sheet gelatine
or dyed tracing paper or cloth, and I protect by transparent varnish
such of the above-named materials as would be otherwise subject to
'tarnish.
The parallel or other strips may be cemented to any surface or be cut
into letters or ornaments for that purpose.
The number of designs which may be produced by the means indicated
in the previous description being practically unlimited, it is therefore
impossible to describe them in detail, but I may say generally that
metallized "foil paper," especially when crimped or corrugated is either
by itself or combined with other materials, such as colored or metallized
paper, sheet gelatine, foil, tinsel, silk, or cloth is the article I find most
useful in carrying my Invention into practice.
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Any of the above-named or other suitable materials having been cut
or perforated into strips or designs, are generally placed in one or more
layers on a piece of unperforated foil, paper, or other of the above-
mentioned materials, the shapes and colors of the whole being so
combined as to produce the desired ornament, when seen through the
clear openings in surfaces of paper or other material, or spaces in glass.
By cementing two sheets of foil paper together, back to back, I obtain
small bits by cutting them, which thus show bright on both sides, and I
émploy them in ornamenting surfaces either alone or intermixed with
bright metallic particles, and sometimes in combination with the other a
materials previously mentioned.
In treating looking glasses I use a sharp chisel or tool to remove the
required portions of silver, and with a little nitric acid get rid of any
remaining silver specks, the prepared ornaments being placed at the
back of the denuded spaces so as to show through them. In like

page_text: manner letters, borders, or devices may be cut in the paper of photo-
graphic or other pictures, between the picture and frame through which
the ornaments become visible, and recesses may be cut with the like
object in the frames of pictures or looking glasses to admit the orna-
ments with pieces of glass for their protection.
Sometimes I place the ornamental paper on the face of the looking
glasses, so that it may appear partially through the paper, which is held
in its place by parts of the frame having recesses to retain the pieces of
glass.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of
performing or carrying the same into practice, what I claim is,—
The method of employing perforated surfaces of paper or other
materials in the production of ornamental designs or devises by super-
imposing cut or perforated portions of such material on the like or other
materials, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-before
fully set forth.
I also claim the use of such materials for the purposes of my
Invention when crimped, corrugated, or impressed.
I also claim the method of ornamenting looking glasses, pictures,
frames, and other surfaces, substantially in the manner herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Boggett, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
fully set forth.
I also claim the use of such materials for the purposes of my
Invention when crimped, corrugated, or impressed.
I also claim the method of ornamenting looking glasses, pictures,
frames, and other surfaces, substantially in the manner herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Boggett, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
Patent Agent,
WILLIAM BOGGETT. (L.S.)
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane,
W.C.