An Improved Method of Decorating Surfaces.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
An Improved Method of Decorating Surfaces.
I EDWARD MASTERS of Halcyon Cottage, Chertsey Road, Woking, in the County
of Surrey, Artist, 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 :-
Tho present invention is applicable chiefly to tho decoration of frames and mounts
for photographic and other prints; it is also applicable for the decoration of other
surfaces, such, for instance, as the panels of cabinet doors.
According to my present invention, I take powdered or granulated glass of any
desired color, or gravel or stones similarly treated, or reduced to any desired fineness,
and I dust or sprinkle these materials on the surfaces to be decorated. These surfaces
are previously colored to any desired tint, according to the effect required, and are
covered with material of a sticky nature, so that the particles of glass or gravel will
adhere thereto, and become firmly attached, when the sticky material has dried.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown, at Figs. 1 and 2, a picture frame in
front view and in section; and at
Fig. 3 a panel in front view, upon which is indicated, on a small portion of its
surface, the ornamentation which constitutes the subject of my invention.
It will be observed that the adhering particles are shown in dark and light shades,
and of different degrees of fineness. The dark may be taken to indicate pounded
colored glass or gravel, and the light, white glass.
For preparing the surface to be decorated, I may generally employ oil paint, which
will give the desired color, and also provide, when wet, the adhesive properties for
attaching the particles of glass or stone. A brilliant effect is produced by white or
colorless pounded glass upon a white ground of paint, and also by white glass upon
colored paint, and, by the combination of white with colors, very effective varieties
may be obtained.
When using gravel and broken stones, it is desirable to tint the surface by painting
it to a suitable color.
Surfaces intended to receive colored glass should be similarly prepared.
In some cases, colorless adhesive material may be separately applied to the surfaces
previously brought to a suitable color, as, for instance, when a gold surface is to be
decorated, a colorless varnish or gum will give the adhesion necessary for the glass
particles dusted or sprinkled upon the gold.
According to my plan, the particles are dusted or sprinkled onto the surface to be
decorated while the adhesive inaterial is still wet; those that adhere are allowed to
remain to dry on, while the rest are gently shaken off.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of ny said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The method of decorating picture frames and similar surfaces herciabefore
described, cousisting in painting, or similarly preparing the same, with adhesive
substance of the color required, and sprinkling thereon, while still wet and sticky,
pounded gravel stones or glass, colored or otherwise, substantially as set forth.
Dated th
1005
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.