IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER HANGINGS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Row, of Old Ford, Bow, in the County
of Middlesex, and Samuel Scott, of the Firm of Scott, Cuthbertson,
and Company, Paper Stainers, of Chelsea, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
PAPER HANGINGS."
Sealed the 2nd October 1868, and dated the 3rd April 1808.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Row and
Samuel Scott at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 3rd April 1868.
We, Tпочas Row, of Old Ford, Bow, in the County of Middlesex, and
SAMUEL SCOTT, of the Firm of Scott, Cuthbertson, and Company, Paper
Stainers, of Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
PAPER HANGINGS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of paper
hangings, and consists in the application of finely ground cork as a
substitute for flock in the manufacture of flock paper hangings, whereby

page_text: a new description of ornamental raised surface is produced and the
manufacture of this description of paper hangings is reduced in cost.
For this purpose we take cork cuttings or refuse cork and reduce the
same to a fine powder, which we employ alone or mixed with flock or
other suitable materials, and apply it to the paper in the manufacture of
paper hangings by coating or printing in like manner to that produced
in the manufacture of flock paper hangings. In preparing and applying
the cork as above described it may be bleached or stained or dyed so as
to produce varied effects in colour, as is well understood in the
manufacture of flock paper hangings.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Row and Samuel Scott in the Great Scal
Patent Office on the 3rd October 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, TиоMAS
Row, of Old Ford, Bow, in the County of Middlesex, and SAMUEL SCOTT,
of the Firm of Scott, Cuthbertson, and Company, Paper Stainers, of
Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said Thomas Row and Samuel Scott, Her
special licence that we, the said Thomas Row and Samuel Scott, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as wc, the said
Thomas Row and Samuel Scott, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF PAPER HANGINGS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we,
the said Thomas Row and Samuel Scott, our exccutors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under our or their hands and seals, or under
the hand and seal of one of us or them, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the saine

page_text: was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Scott, on behalf of
myself and the said Thomas Row, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of paper
hangings, and consists in the use and application of finely ground cork
as a substitute for flock in the manufacture of flock paper hangings,
whereby a novel character of ornamental surface is produced, the
manufacture of this description of paper hangings being also much
reduced in cost owing to the comparative cheapness of the ground cork
employed as a substitute for flock. For this purpose we take cork
cuttings or refuse cork and reduce the same to a fine powder (by
grinding as is well understood in other manufactures where ground
cork is employed), and we apply the ground cork to the surface of the
paper cither alone or in combination with flock or other suitable
materials in like manner to that practised in the use of flock in the
manufacture of flock paper hangings.
In carrying out our Invention the pattern or design is printed by a
block having the pattern or design carved or otherwise formed upon it,
the surface of which is dipped into a preparation of gold, size, and oil
paint, as is well understood in the manufacture of flock paper hangings,
the block being then pressed on to the paper to be printed. Finely
ground cork is then sifted over the pattern or design thus produced,
which is then left to dry. This process is repeated according to the
thickness or height the figure or pattern is required to be raised upon the
surface of the paper hanging. In order to obtain ornamental effects
in various colours, in some cases we first cover the entire surface of the
paper with ground cork upon a white paint or other light coloured
ground, and when dry we stain or colour such ground by printing the
several colours of the pattern or design upon the surface of the light
colored cork ground; or the entire surface may be covered with cork
upon a dark ground, the pattern or design being afterwards printed
thercon in white or other light colour and then coated with cork,
whereby a design in relief will be produced upon the surface of ground

page_text: cork, the design being varied by additional printings in colour if
desired. In some cases, in order to obtain varied ornamental colored
effects, part of the design may be printed and coated with cork and
other parts with flock, or the ground cork may be otherwise applied or
colored so as to produce ornamental effects either alone or in combination
with other material, as will be readily understood by a person acquainted
with the manufacture of ornamental paper hangings.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner
in which the same is carried into practice, what we claim is, the
improved manufacture of paper hangings by the use and application
of finely ground cork as a substitute for flock in such manufacture, as
herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Scott, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this First day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.