Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
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-
This invention has for its object, to provide a workbox which contains or is
adapted to hold the materials necessary for exercising a new art or amusement
called Velour-painting.
The said box may be made of wood, sheet metal, cardboard, celluloid or any
other convenient material and is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, of
which
Fig. 1 is a plan of an open box and cover,
Fig. 2 a plan of a closed box,
Fig. 3 a section along line Q-Q of Fig. 2,
Fig. 4 a section along line R-R of Fig. 1.
The objects contained in the workbox may vary as regards their number and
arrangement, and consist chiefly of receptacles A, made of sheet metal, wood,
cardboard, glass, porcelain, celluloid, aluminium or other suitable material, and
serving to hold dry pulverised colouring matter, such as velours or wool dust,
cotton dust, linen dust, or silk dust colours, of various tints, also coloured glass
sand and other pulverised or gritty substances.
The first named colouring matter has given the name to the new method or art
of painting.
Besides these substances, or instead of the same, the said cup-shaped receptacles,
or tubular glass cylinders (in lieu of the same) may contain colouring matter in
the shape of globules or small lumps capable of being easily pulverised before
use.
For ornamenting some portions of the drawings painted with dust colours, the
box contains also a convenient number of small cylindrical glass tubes B filled
with mica powder, glass powder, bronze filings, coloured flour or bronze powder of
various shades or tints.
A further receptacle C serves to hold the fixing or binding substance preferably
in semiliquid form, another receptacle D contains a diluting liquid for the above,
and a cup E serves to make a mixture of both.
To practise this method of painting, a variable number of paint brushes are
employed. The shape and colour of the colour receptacles may be chosen to
suit various requirements.
The lid of each receptacle is marked with the name and number of the colour.
To the contents of the workbox is added a painting G serving as a model, and
instructions for the treatment and use of the colours (at H).
The box further contains a number of drawings showing the outlines of the
figures or surfaces to be painted, the various portions of this drawing being
marked with numbers which correspond with the numbers of the colour
receptacles.
These outline drawings may be painted on paper, cardboard, celluloid, woven
fabrics, oil cloth or other suitable material, either in the shape of plain sheets, or
plastic objects made in one or more parts; but these materials may also be used
for direct hand painting without any outline drawing.
The method of painting is as follows:-
By means of the diluent (D) the fixing substance (C) is applied to the surface

page_text: to be painted, with a brush, subsequently the dust shaped colouring matter is
placed or strewn on the said surfaces with the brush (F) or with the fingers, until
it completely covers the painted surface and the pigment adheres to the same.
Any remainder of the pigment which does not adhere, is blown off.
Several colours may be applied, either mixed together or placed one upon the
other, which is also the case with the model painting (G) fixed to the inside of the
cover.
The workbox therefore enables the owner to learn and practise an attractive
and instructive art, for which a great variety and number of outline or pattern
drawings are supplied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A workbox for practising a new art called velour painting, said box containing
or being adapted to hold a number of receptacles for dry, pulverised or granular,
or pulverisable colouring substances, or pigments, such as wool dust, cotton dust, linen
dust, coloured glass sand, also mica, strewing powder or similar materials, and in
addition to these, a fixing and diluting medium, paint brushes, model or outline
drawings or sheets in various materials, which objects may be marked with
numbers, substantially as described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 27th day of June 1893.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.