Improvements in Fitting, Ornamenting, and Decorating Shops, Stores, Rooms, and Temporary or Permanent Erections.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 21st July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 20th Sept., 1887.
TRUVIDIONAL
Improvements in Fitting, Ornamenting, and Decorating Shops,
Stores, Rooms, and Temporary or Permanent Erections.
I, JAMES HOUT of 14 Oswin Street St. George's Road Southwark in the County
of Surrey, decorative artist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
The object of this my invention is to fit up ornament and decorate shops stores
bazaars rooms halls staircases and any other temporary or permanent erections
buildings or parts of buildings so as to represent gold and silver caves caverns
grottoes palaces castles rocks icebergs and the like, also to include the representation
of various works of nature and art in a pleasing and attractive form and at a smaller
outlay than hitherto done. In this my invention I cause flat surfaces to be trans-
formed to rocky or uneven surfaces having recesses or caverns any required depth,
the whole being covered with tin foil or lead foil coloured if desired to enhance the
effect and my invention is carried out in the following manner :-
I provide a framework of wood to give the projections desired and on the wood
I mount coarse canvas or strong paper such as brown paper. On this base I form
the uneven or rocky surface required by means of layers of strong paper such as
brown paper attached by thick paste or glue or by other suitable adhesive material.
Instead of paper which I prefer to use for temporary erections, cardboard wood or
virgin cork may be used and attached to framework by nails pins or screws. Or the
designs may consist of cement, plaster of Paris papier maché or any other suitable
plastic material moulded to the required form or shape. When the material employed
is properly manipulated so as to represent caves caverns grottoes icebergs palaces
rocks and the like with an uneven appearance, cover the whole (or part only, if so
desired) with tin foil or lead foil which I cause to adhere by means of paste or other
suitable adhesive material and colour it where necessary or when necessary as the
subject requires, and illuminate with electric or other lamps or lanterns, coloured if
desired, or illuminate by means of lamps or lanterns and coloured glasses concealed in
recesses of caves or rocks, &c. Tin foil or lead foil readily fits into recesses and takes

page_text: a beautiful impression of most delicate relief and intaglio reflecting the light on the
highly polished surface in a most pleasing manner. And to further, enhance the
appearance of my decorations I cause impressions of leaves and branches to be taken
in tin foil or lead foil by pressing the foil over the leaves and branches as occasion
requires.
I do not claim as my invention the art of decorating with tin foil but I do claim
the fitting up ornamentation and decoration of shops stores bazaars rooms halls stair-
cases and of any other temporary or permanent erections buildings and parts of
buildings by the representation or imitation of works of nature and art substantially
as and for the purposes and in the manner hereinbefore set forth and described.
Dated this 20th day of October 1886.

page_text: Stores, Rooms, and Temporary or Permanent Erections.
JAMES HOUT of 14 Oswin Street St. George's Road Southwark in the county of
Surrey decorative 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 :-
The object of this my invention is to fit up ornament and decorate shops stores
bazaars rooms halls staircases and any other temporary or permanent erections
buildings or parts of buildings so as to represent gold and silver caves caverns
grottoes palaces castles rocks icebergs and the like also to include the representations
of various works of nature and art in a pleasing and attractive form and at a smaller
outlay than hitherto done. In this my invention I cause flat surfaces to be trans-
formed to uneven or rocky surfaces having recesses or caverns any required depth,
the whole being covered with tin foil or lead foil coloured if desired to enhance the
effect, and my invention is carried out in the following manner :-
I provide a framework of wood to give the projections desired and on the wood
I mount coarse canvas or strong paper such as brown paper. On this base I form
the uneven or rocky surface required by means of layers of strong paper such as
brown paper attached by thick paste or glue or other suitable adhesive material.
Instead of paper which I prefer to use for temporary erections, cardboard wood or
virgin cork may be used and attached to framework by pins nails or screws. Or the
designs may consist of cement, plaster of Paris, papier maché or any other plastic
material moulded to the required form. When the material employed is properly
manipulated so as to represent caves caverns grottoes icebergs castles palaces rocks
and the like with an uneven appearance I cover the whole with tin foil or lead foil
and cause it to adhere by means of paste or other adhesive material and colour it
where necessary or when necessary as the subject requires, and illuminate with
coloured lamps or electric light or illuminate by means of lamps or lanterns and
coloured glasses concealed in recesses of cave. Tin foil or lead foil readily fits into
recesses and takes a beautiful impression of most delicate relief and intaglio reflecting
the light on the highly polished surface in a most pleasing way. And to further
enhance the appearance of my decorations I cause impressions of leaves and branches
to be taken in the foil by pressing it over same as occasion requires. Rooms can be

page_text: decorated by my invention for temporary purposes without interfering with or
damaging the permanent decorations, and decorations for the table consisting of
temporary table ornaments epergnes &c. may be made by means of my invention.
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 fitting ornamenting and decorating of shops, stores, bazaars, rooms halls
staircases and any other temporary or permanent erections buildings or parts of
buildings by the representation or imitation of works of nature and art substantially
as and in the manner hereinbefore set forth and for the purposes described.