Improvements relating to the Ornamentation of Picture-frames, Beadings, and the like, and to a Composition therefor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 25th Oct., 1890
Improvements relating to the Ornamentation of Picture-frames,
Beadings, and the like, and to a Composition therefor.
I, HANS NEUMANN, of the firm of Neumann, Henning & Co. of 47 Reichen-
bergerstrasse Berlin S.O. in the Empire of Germany 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 :-
My invention relates to the ornamentation of picture-frames, beadings and similar
articles and to the production of a composition therefor. According to this invention
the composition to be employed for ornamenting the said articles is produced in such
a manner that, having been furnished with the ornamentation it can be readily
applied and secured to such articles. The frames, beadings and the like may thus be
provided either with an imitation of wood, more especially oak wood, or with other
ornamentations, which can otherwise be obtained only by carving, or other trouble-
some methods of working the wood.
For producing the said composition 17 parts by weight of colophony are boiled
together with 2 parts by weight of varnish until the colophony is melted. At the
same time 50 parts by weight of glue are soaked in 60 parts by weight of water and
then boiled. To this liquid glue chalk is added and mixed there with to form a thick
paste. The colophony boiled with varnish having cooled a little it is gradually added
to the said paste of glue and chalk, the composition being then treated with pine-oil
and chalk until it will cease to adhere to the fingers. After the complete cooling the
composition which has now become hard is placed in a boiler into which steam is
introduced whereby it is again softened. When the composition becomes so soft that
it flows, it is once more treated with pine-oil and chalk until it is transformed into a
thick paste which is subjected to further treatment in the hot state.
Besides the above mentioned quantities of colophony, varnish, glue and water,
about 75 to 80 parts by weight of chalk and 5 parts by weight of pine-oil are used
in the production of this composition.
While the pasty composition is still hot it is passed through a rolling machine
comprising two metallic rollers supported one above the other, and of which one,
usually the lower, is smooth, whilst the other has engraved or otherwise formed
upon it the design or ornamentation which the composition is to receive. By means
of these rollers the composition is rolled to the form of a thin plate which is placed
in a hot state upon the frames, beadings or other articles to be ornamented. If
necessary the composition is cut into strips of suitable width, which are then applied
to the said articles.
As the composition is pliant in the hot state it can be applied to the hollows and
protruberances on other parts of the articles and will then at once firmly unite
therewith. After the cooling it forms an ornamentation on the articles such as
cannot be easily produced by other means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First. A method of ornamenting frames, beading and other articles by means of
a composition which is passed in a hot state between rollers one of which is provided
with suitable design, and while still hot is applied and secured to the article
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Second. A composition for use in the ornamentation of articles as hereinabove

page_text: described, consisting of glue, water, resin or colophony, varnish pine-oil and chalk
mixed in or about in the proportions above stated and treated substantially in the
manner hereinbefore described.
Dated this 19th day of September 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.