Improved Coverings or Hangings, Cornices, Mouldings, and-the like for Walls or Ceilings.
Year: 1893

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Improved Coverings or Hangings, Cornices, Mouldings, and-the like
for Walls or Ceilings.
I, JOSEPH PETITJEAN of 4 Rue Fabre d'Eglantine, Paris in the Republic of
France, Wall Paper Manufacturer, 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 :—
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This invention has for its object to replace, in the decoration of rooms, the
wall papers
and fabrics employed hitherto by a new kind of hanging which offers
none of the disadvantages of the former ones, and which has, besides, special
advantages.
Wall papers are only of limited durability, they rapidly spoil if exposed to
moisture, the least scratch or repeated friction removes their colour, leaving the
grey or white foundation of the paper exposed. In such as resemble embossed
leather, the reliefs do not long retain their original sharpness and become flattened
even at the moment of their hanging if this latter be not done by a skilled
workman.
Finally, when a person gives up his house or apartments, he is obliged to leave
the papering on the walls.
Fabrics (tapestry) also have most of these disadvantages and are generally very
high priced.
The products which I propose to replace are more particularly the richer wall
papers and especially those which resemble embossed leather, as well as embroidered
and the like fabrics.
I substitute, for them, thin sheets of metal, decorated and embossed like wall
papers when it is desired to obtain ornamentation in relief.
As suitable metal, I give the preference to copper, but it is possible to use zinc,
lead or any other suitable metal.
The metallic sheet, which may vary in thickness according to the uses for which
it is intended, is stamped in a press to the pattern chosen. The colours are then
applied, and this is done by the usual process employed for wall papers, that is to
say, by hand, by pressing, by plates, or even by a cylinder.
The support being metallic, I can use as colouring substance, not only patches
but also oil or spirit colours, etcetera, as well as metallic varnishes.
The fixing of hangings thus prepared is extremely easy, as it suffices to nail
the widths on the walls and partitions, or to solder them in panels before
putting up.
These improved hangings possess numerous advantages. They have great
solidity, and almost an indefinite durability. The relief patterns and repoussé
ornaments are clear and sharp, and remain the same without becoming flattened.
Their cost is no greater than that of the richer wall papers, or fabrics, and further
they allow a person to remove the hangings when leaving a house or rooms.
Further, an important advantage of these improved industrial products is that
they are capable of being employed in the decoration of rooms and buildings in a
manner for which wall papers are unsuitable. In fact, as they can be formed by
means of stamping into reliefs, which are as sharp as can be desired and which may
be preserved indefinitely without alteration, they may be employed for making
cornices, compartments, and roses on ceilings, framings, mouldings, and beadings
for ordinary hangings and any other mural decorations in relief. The scope for
their application is thus almost illimitable.
If it be desired to obtain, by this process, less elaborate (rich) articles, the
design may be printed in the usual manner on thin paper, which is then gummed
on the metal and the whole is stamped.

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Hangings may thus be obtained less durable from certain aspects, but which are
also less expensive.
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 :-
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A new article of manufacture consisting of a metallic hanging for replacing wall
papers and also for being employed for forming cornices, roses, mouldings, ridgings,
and the like, for the object of decorating dwelling rooms, and itself capable of
being decorated or ornamented in any suitable manner, substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this 29th day of March 1002
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.