IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF BRICKS BLOCKS AND OTHER SURFACES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I WILLIAM RICHARD CORNELL of the Globe Brick Works, Whitehall, Grays
in the county of Essex, Builder do hereby declare the nature of my said Inven-
tion for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF BRICKS BLOCKS AND OTHER
SURFACES to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is the ornamentation of bricks blocks and other
surfaces used for building and other purposes in a cheap expeditious and effective
manner while at the same time the surfaces treated after my method are far more
ornamental and sightly than any that are at present in use. The chief objection
to all kinds of architectural and other ornamented surfacos in common use is the
monotony of the colouring thereof. This objection I entirely obviate by my
method.
To carry out this object I cover the surface of the brick or block or other article
that is to be treated with a thin layer of cement or other analogous substance.
In or on this layer I form any desired pattern or design in and by the following
method. I take stones or pieces of glass or earthenware or metal or paper or
other material of the different colours that are required and having cleaned the
same if necessary form them into pieces of the size and shape that are necessary
for the desired pattern or design. These different coloured pieces of stone glass
or other material are then arranged according to their colour and size and shape
in the cement or other substance so as to produce the pattern or design required
and they may be either pressed into the cement by hand or otherwise so that
a smooth level surface is created or they may be allowed to stand out of the same
as required to produce the pattern or design or parts thereof in relief. The brick
block or other article is then allowed to dry or is baked or otherwise hardened and
is ready for use.
By this method architectural and other surfaces can be beautifully ornamented
in colours and the process of this ornamentation is cheap expeditious and effective.

page_text: I WILLIAM RICHARD CORNELL of the Globe Brick. Works, Whiteball, Grays
in the county of Essex Builder do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF BRICKS BLOCKS AND OTHER
SURFACES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The object of my invention is the ornamentation of bricks blocks and other
surfaces used for building and other purposes such for example as the internal or
external decoration of rooms houses and the like in a cheap expeditious and
effective manner while at the same time the surfaces treated after my method as
hereinafter described are far more ornamental and sightly than any that are at
present in use. The chief objection hitherto made to all kinds of architectural and
other ornamented surfaces in common use is the monotony of the coloring thereof.
This objection I entirely remove by this my method.
To carry out this object as aforesaid I cover the surface of the brick block or
other article that is to be treated with a thin layer of cement or other analogous
substance. In or on this layer of cement or other substance I form any desired
pattern or design in and by the following method and the surface is thereby
ornamented as is desired. I take stones or pieces of glass or earthenware or metal
or paper or other suitable material of the different colors that are required and
having cleaned the same if necessary form them into pieces of the size and shape
that are necessary for the desired pattern or design. These different colored pieces
of stone glass or other material are then arranged according to their color and size
and shape in or on the cement or other substance so as to produce the pattern
or design required and they may either be pressed into the cement by hand or
otherwise so that a smooth level surface is created or they may be allowed to stand
out of the same as required to produce the said.design or pattern or certain parts
thereof in relief. The brick block or other article is then allowed to dry or is
baked or is otherwise hardened and is ready for use.
I have thus described the method or manner in and by which the surfaces
aforesaid are to be ornamented to carry out my object as hereinbefore declared and
in all cases the method or manner aforesaid can be exactly performed as described
but it is very frequently desirable that numerous surfaces shall be ornamented by
exactly similar patterns or designs and to effect this exactly similar ornamentation
with the least possible expenditure of labour and time I can amongst others use the
following apparatus and processes.
According to one process I use a frame which fits the brick block or other
article that is to be treated and the bottom of this frame is formed by a clay or
other suitable form or this clay or other form may be placed in the bottom of the
said frame and in the said form the required pattern or design is drawn or made
by depressions or otherwise on or in the surface thereof on which pattern or design
or in which depressions the colored pieces of stone glass or other material herein-
before described are placed and then the cement is poured in and the brick block
or other article aforesaid is placed thereabove. When the cement is set the frame
can be reversed and with the clay or other form can be removed leaving the pieces
of stone glass or other material secured in and by the cement and the said frame
and form can be used in the same manner with another brick block or other
article whereby the patterns or designs so produced on these surfaces will be
exactly similar as is desired.
According to another process which is especially suitable when the pattern or
design consists of geometrical figures I cut grooves in a board which is placed in

page_text: or forms the bottom of the frame in which grooves are placed the colored pieces
of stone glass or other material when this process is continued and completed in
manner as herein before described.
According to another process I draw or print or otherwise mark the required
pattern or design on tracing or similar paper or cloth or linen and the colored
pieces of stone glass or other material are pasted or otherwise secured on the said
paper or cloth or linen in the desired position and the said paper or cloth or linen
is then either placed in the bottom of the frame when this process also is continued
and completed in manner as bereinbefore described or the said paper or cloth or
linen with the pieces of stone glass or other material so secured thereto as aforesaid
is reversed and brought down on the layer of cement that covers the surface of the
brick block or other article as hereinbefore described and when the cement is set
the paper or cloth or linen can easily be removed leaving the said pieces of stone
glass or other material set in or on the cement and the said paper or cloth or linen
can then be used again in a similar manner as is desired.
I have thus described some very convenient methods for and processes of effecting
exactly similar ornamentation on a number of surfaces but I do in no wise limit
myself to these exact processes as herein before described for any process of effecting
this my method of ornamentation may be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The method of ornamenting bricks blocks or other surfaces substantially as
hereinbefore described and set forth.