Decorative Illuminations.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897
Decorative Illuminations.
J, WOLF DEFRIES of 147 Houndsditch, in the City and County of London,
Engineer, 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 :-
My invention consists in a new arrangement for decorations or decorative
illuminations. Its object is to obtain a construction which can be at once rapidly
and strongly mounted, gives decorative effect both by day and by night, and is
more conveniently and economically lighted than is usually possible.
I form in any convenient manner a framework usually of metal capable of
accommodating the apparatus for my illuminant which may be gas, oil, electric
light or candles. On the front-and if desired, on the returns-of this frame I
continue the framework, piercing it into such decorative pattern as I may desire,
and I may ornament it in any desired manner.
I choose my decorative pattern in such manner that, when I insert behind the
front and returns so pierced a sheet of glass or other transparent medium of
approximately the same size and shape as the outside perimeter of the frame, the
portion of the frame surrounding the part which is illuminated at night through
the perforations shall itself form part of a suitable decorative pattern. The glass
may be clear or partially clear and may be colourless or coloured, or it may be
decorated in any suitable way; in particular there may be formed upon it prismatic
or similar projections capable of to some extent refracting and dispersing the light
which passes through it. Where the size of the sheet of glass is too large to be
safely used for this purpose in one piece, I may mount it in a light frame composed
of sections of any suitable size. Where the perforations of the frame give
unsupported points liable to be bent in use, I may connect such points to any other
part of the frame as in each case may be most suitable. I may make the perforated
part of the frame of independent sheets of metal which may, if desired, (as in the
case of foil) be cemented to the glass.
This construction of decorative devices is applicable either to individual
devices, or to current lines of patterning such as may be used for outlining a
building.
In suitable cases I may arrange for the sun to shine either directly or after
reflection through the glass by daylight.
On the accompanying drawing, A represents the framework, B the front or
opaque portion, C the perforated and illuminated portion and D the decorative
design.
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;-
A device capable of giving decorative effect both by day and by night consisting
of a framework with its front or sides or both pierced in a decorative pattern and
allowing part left solid to form the whole or part of a decorative pattern in com-
bination with a sheet of glass or other transparent material either in one piece or

page_text: formed in sections and with a suitable illuminant, the whole and each part being
used for the purposes and as described.
Dated this 20th day of March 1897.
For the Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
60 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agents.