IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE ORNAMENTATION OF VARNISHED SURFACES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I, EMILE LAPORTE, of 9 Rue Payenne, Paris, France, Water colour painter do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE
ORNAMENTATION OF VARNISHED SURFACES to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to a process of ornamenting fabrics, paper, and other
materials having varnished surfaces, by dulling or deadening portions of the same.
Heretofore deadening effects have been produced upon varnished fabrics or the
like only by passing a slate-pencil over the said fabric or the like and removing
the varnish on simple lines.
I propose to produce such effects of any variety of form and colour by means of
the process which forms the subject of this invention and the principle of which
consists essentially in pressing a plate, engraved according to the effects to be
obtained, upon the fabric or material to be ornamented.
By this process I can produce dull ornamentations, (either drawings or lines)
upon any varnished fabrics, such as mole-skins, oil-cloths, and the like, which serve
for furniture and carriage-building, and for office, school and travelling articles.
According to my process the design to be represented, is engraved upon a steel
plate which is subsequently grained.
The plate thus engraved is placed under a press with or without the application
of heat; the heat, if used, being regulated according to the quality of the varnished
employed upon the fabric which is to be ornamented. This ornamentation is
obtained by means of a very slight pressure.
For important works and for producing large numbers of ornamentations, the
engravings are made on copper and grained like those on steel; and by the com-
bination of automatic apparatus the engraving has its grain revived (after each
proof) upon a steel plate previously grained and placed upon the carriage which is.
capable of movement upon the block of fly and other presses, dispensing however
in some cases with the rollers and inking cylinders. This combination has the
result of rendering the last impression as good as the first.
Moreover, by my process the mole-skins, oil-cloths, papers and the like thus
ornamented can be immediately placed in the hands of the workman to be mounted
according to the requirements of the article to be manufactured.
Dated this 20th dev of December 1885
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Ornamentation of Varnished
Surfaces.
I, EMILE LAPORTE, of 9 Rue Payenne, Paris, France, Water-colour-painter, do
hereby declare the nature of my 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 relates to a process of ornamenting fabrics, paper, and other
materials having varnished surfaces, by dulling or deadening portions of the same.
Heretofore effects of this kind have been produced by passing a slate pencil over
the fabric or the like to be ornamented and removing the varnish on simple lines.
I propose to produce such effects of any variety of form and colour by means of
the process which forms the subject of this invention and the principle of which
consists essentially in pressing a plate engraved according to the effects to be
obtained, upon the fabric or material to be ornamented.
By this process I can produce dull ornamentations (either drawings or lines)
upon any varnished fabrics such as mole-skins, oil-cloths, and the like, which serve
for furniture, and for carriage-building, and for office, school and travelling articles.
According to my process, the design to be represented is engraved upon a steel
plate which is subsequently grained.
The plate thus engraved is placed under a press with or without the application
of heat, the heat, if used, being regulated according to the quality of the varnish
employed upon the fabric which is to be ornamented. The ornamentation is
obtained by means of a very slight pressure."
For important works and for producing large numbers of ornamentations, the
engravings are made on copper and grained like those on steel, and, by the com-
bination of automatic apparatus, the engraving has its grain revived (after each
proof) upon a steel plate previously grained and placed upon the carriage, which is
capable of movement upon the block in fly and other presses, dispensing, however,
in some cases, with the rollers and inking cylinders. This combination has the
result of rendering the last impression as good as the first.
Moreover, by my process, the mole-skins, oil-cloths, papers and the like thus
ornamented can be immediately placed in the hands of the workinan to be mounted.
according to the requirements of the article to be manufactured.
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 process of producing ornamental designs upon varnished fabrics and papers,
which process consists in pressing a plate having the desired design engraved
thereon upon the fabric or material to be ornamented (with or without the appli-
cation of heat) substantially as described.
Dated thin 94th day of tuus 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.