Improvements in Passepartouts.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Passepartouts.
I, EUGENE CARRAINE of 2457 Fairhill Street in the City and County of Philadelphia
State of Pennsylvania, one of the United States of America, Manufacturer of
Passepartouts, 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:-
The object of my Invention is to improve the construction of passepartouts so that
they can be made in quantities by a manufacturer, and the embroidery, or painting
mounted, so that the picture can be inserted after the passepartout is made up.
Heretofore passepartouts have been made as follows:-The picture, mat, backing;
and protecting glass, have been secured permanently together by an edging strip of
fabric, or paper, extending over the edge of the glass and backing, which prevents
dust from gaining access to the mat or mount and picture. The great objection to
this construction is that when the mat or mount is embroidered, or painted by an
amateur the passepartout has to be made up by a skilled. workman after the embroidery,
or painting, is finished, and the picture is placed permanently in position at the same
time, so that the picture cannot be changed without destroying the passepartout.
Therefore the passepartouts cannot be made in quantities and kept in stock by
manufacturers and the purchaser of the mat or mount to be embroidered or painted
cannot purchase the entire outfit at once, but must send the embroidered or painted
mat or mount to the shop or factory to be made up into a passepartout.
The object of my Invention is to provide means whereby the passepartouts can be
made in quantities, so that the retailer can sell them at the time he sells the stamped
linen, or other fabric, or blank mat, or mount. The passepartout is so made that the
mat or mount and picture can be changed at will.
In the accompanying drawing:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved passepartout.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section.
Figure 3 is a transverse section.
Figure 4 is an enlarged section of a part of Figure 3, and
Figure 5 is a sectional perspective view of a corner of the passepartout.
The passepartout illustrated is quadrangular but it may be of any shape desired
which will allow of its being manipulated as hereinafter described.
A is a light frame-work forming the body of the structure, and having a groove a
at each side and at one end for the reception of the back cover piece B which is
slipped in from the underside and may be provided with a pivoted support b attached
to it to support the passepartout in a standing position as shewn in Figure 1.
In front of the framework A is the glass D, extending to the outer edge of the
frame-work and mounted directly upon it and secured to it by a strip of paper, linen,
or other thin material, d which, as shewn in Figure 5, extends around the edges of
the glass and frame-work and overlaps the glass and the frame-work, so as to bind the
two together. There is sufficient space between the glass and the groove a for the
mat or mount E which has an opening e for the display of the picture F Figure 4.

page_text: This mat or mount E may be plain, or it may be decorated, in any suitable manner,
for instance by painting a design thereon, or by stretching thereon a piece of
embroidery e¹ which can be secured to the mount (by cement, or by draw-stitching,
for instance) by the person who has made the embroidery without the necessity for
sending the embroidery to a shop or factory to be mounted, as is now the common
practice.
The embroidery and picture are. protected from dust by the glass at the front and
the backing B at the rear, which is adapted to the groove a in the frame-work. By
removing this backing the mount and picture can be detached and a new mount with
a different design substituted therefor if desired. The main advantage, however, is
that by my invention the passepartout can be purchased when the embroidery or
mount to be decorated is purchased, and the entire work can be finished without
necessity for sending the piece of embroidery, to decorate the mat or mount, to a
shop to be mounted as a passepartout.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination of the frame-work A, a glass mounted upon the frame-work
and a thin strip, overlapping the frame-work and the glass, and securing them
permanently together, a removeable mat or mount adapted to rest within the
frame-work at the back of the glass, the edge of the paper overlapping the glass
beyond the edge of the mat so as to conceal the joint, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. The combination of the frame-work A having a groove a, a backing fitting in
the said groove, a sheet of glass mounted upon the fratne-work, a strip d overlapping
the frame-work and the glass so that the glass is secured permanently to the
frame-work, with a mat or mount fitted in the space between the glass and the
backing, substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. A passepartout having a quadrangular frame, a glass mounted thereon and
secured thereto by a narrow strip of material such as fabric, leather or paper and open
at the back, and a mat or mount fitted in the space within the frame and having an
opening therein for the picture, with a backing adapted to close the opening at the
back so as to make the space within the frame dust proof, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
4. As a new article of manufacture a passepartout constructed substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 17th day of June 1897
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.