IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND ORNAMENTATION OF METALLIC CHIMNEY-PIECES OR MANTEL- PIECES, AND IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF METALLIC STOVES AND FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Crichley, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE AND ORNAMENTATION OF METALLIC CHIMNEY-PIECES OR MANTEL-
PIECES, AND IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF METALLIC STOVES AND FIRE-PLACES."
Sealed the 23rd November 1861, and dated the 29th May 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Crichley: at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
May 1861.
I, HENRY CRICULEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND ORNAMENTATION OP METALLIC CHIMNEY-PIECES
OR MANTEL-PIECES, AND IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF METALLIC STOVES AND FIRE-
PLACES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in manufacturing metallic chiinney-pieces or
mantel-pieces from tubes and plates or sheets of metal joined together, instead
of making them by casting as they are usually made. By making chimney-
pieces or mantel-pieces according to my Invention I am able to introduce
ornamental columns or tubes and capitals into their upright sides, and also.
to make them otherwise more elegant than is possible by the ordinary method
of casting. Although the parts which I employ are ordinarily made of sheet

page_text: or wrought metal, yet the said parts, or some of them, may be made by
casting. I join the parts by rivetting, screwing, soldering, or otherwise.
My Invention consists, secondly, in ornamenting metallic chimney-pieces or
mantel-pieces, and also stoves and fire-places, by affixing ornamental paper
to those parts of the chimney-picces or mantel-pieces, or stoves and fire-places,
which it is wished to ornament. By ornamental paper, I mean either coloured
paper without any design upon it, or paper having a design or designs printed,
painted, or otherwise made upon it. The ornamental paper is attached by a
mixture of paste made of wheaten flour and glue or other adhesive material,
and the parts to which it is attached are afterwards varnished, and stoved and
finished in the manner in which papier nachê goods are ordinarily finished;
but I do not limit myself to any particular adhesive materials for attaching the
paper, nor to any particular method of finishing the ornamented surface. I
prefer to apply the ornamental paper to the vertical surfaces of chimney-
pieces or mantel-pieces and stoves, and to the vertical inclined sides of fire-
places, but I do not limit myself to those parts.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Crichley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th November 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, IIENRY
CRICHLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Iler
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henry Crichley, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Crichley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry Crichley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND ORNAMENTATION OF METALLIC CHIMNEY-PIECES
OR MANTEL-PIECES, AND IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF METALLIC STOVES AND FIRE-
PACTS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Crichley,

page_text: 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 immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Crichley, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:
My Invention consists, firstly, in manufacturing metallic chimney-pieces or
mantel-pieces from tubes and plates or sheets of metal joined together instead
of making them by casting, as they are usually made. By making chimney-
picces or mantel-pieces according to my Invention, I am able to introduce
ornamental columns or tubes and capitals into their upright sides, and also to
make them otherwise more elegant than is possible by the ordinary method of
casting. Although the parts which I employ are ordinarily,made of sheet or
wrought metal, yet the said parts or some of them may be made by casting.
In carrying this part of my Invention into effect, I join the parts by riveting,
screwing, soldering, or otherwise, and I finish the chimney-piece or mantel-
piece by varnishing or ornamenting it in any desired manner.
My Invention consists, secondly, in ornamenting metallic chimney-pieces or
mantel-pieces, and also stoves and fire-places by affixing ornamental paper to
those parts of the chimney-pieces or mantel-pieces, or stoves and fire-places,
which it is wished to ornament. By ornamental paper I mean either colored
paper without any design upon it, or paper having a design or designs printed,
painted, photographed, lithographed, or otherwise made upon it. In carrying
this part of my Invention into effect, I prefer to prime that portion of the
surface of the chimney-piece or mantel-piece, or stove or fire-place which is to
be ornamented by a coating of oil paint, and after the priming has hardened
the ornamental paper is attached by paste made of wheaten flour, or by a
mixture of the said paste and glue, or other adhesive material, and the parts
to which it is attached are afterwards varnished and stoved, and finished in the
manner in which papier mâché goods are ordinarily finished. When the
ornamental paper is absorbent, as is usually the case when it has been orna-
mented by the use of water colours, I apply a coating or coatings of gum or
isinglass, or the size, known in commerce as white size, to the said absorbent
paper before varnishing it, the varnish being applied after the coating or coat-
ings of size have well dried. When the paper has been ornamented by the

page_text: use of oil colours the coating of gum, isinglass, or size is not necessary. The
varnish I prefer to employ is the varnish known in commerco as copal varnish;
but as I varnish, stove, and finish the ornamented surface by the ordinary well-
known and commonly practised processes, I do not consider it necessary to
describo the said processes. I do not limit myself to any particular adhesive
materials for attaching the paper, nor to any particular method of finishing
tho ornamented surface. I prefer to apply the ornamental paper to the vertical
surfaces of chimney-pieces or mantel-pieces and stoves, and to the vertical
inclined sides of fire-places, but I do not limit myself to the ornamenting of
those parts.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to bo performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my
Invention,
Firstly, the improvement or improvements in manufacturing metallic
chimney-pieces or mantel-pieces, herein-before described, that is to say, making
metallic chimney-pieces or mantel-pieces from tubes and plates, or sheets of
metal joined together by riveting, screwing, soldering, or otherwise, instead of
making them by the process of casting, as ordinarily practised.
Secondly, ornamenting metallic chimney-pieces or mantel-pieces, and also
stoves and fire-places by affixing ornamental paper to those parts of the
chimney-pieces or mantel-pieces, or stoves and fire-places which it is wished to
ornament, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Cruchley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
HENRY CRICHLEY. (L.S.)