Improvements in and relating to Adjustable Palette Attachments.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1892-Accepted, '31st Dec., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Adjustable Palette
Attachments.
I, MARY ROSALINE FOWLKES, a widow and a citizen of the United States of
America, residing at No. 610 Union Street, in the City of Selma, County of
Dallas and State of Alabama, one of the United States of America, 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:-
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the invention applied to a frame or
stretcher.
Figure 2 is an end view of the same.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a part of the invention.
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adjustable
palette attachments for use by artists, the object being to provide a simple and
convenient device, capable of attachment to the stretcher of any picture, and
which may be readily adjusted to meet the requirement, thereby saving the artist
from the fatigue and inconvenience of carrying the palette and brushes in the
hands.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a portion of a
frame or stretcher, having my invention applied thereto. The attachment com-
prises a block B, having a clamping plate C, and screw c, for attachment to the end
piece of the stretcher, as indicated.
Hinged at its outer edge to the broad portion B' of said block is a plate D,
which is free to swing vertically toward and away from the upper face of the block.
Secured to said plate is a guide E, through which loosely passes and is held one
end portion of a rod F, which is designed to extend along the lower portion of the
stretcher, and at any desired elevation by means of the brace F', which is attached
to the plate D, and is arranged to support said plate in any desired angular position
with relation to the block B, by a suitable adjustable connection with the latter, as
shown.
H designates the palette, which is preferably formed in two sections having a
hinged or folding connection as indicated at h. Said palette is supported from
the rod F by means of the arms I, having the loops or clasps i which engage said
rod and slide freely thereon. These arms have bends at J, which form supports for
brushes.
K, K¹, are seats to receive oil and turpentine cans which may be of the form
indicated in Figure.
It will be apparent that the device can be quickly attached to a stretcher by
means of the clamp, and that it may be brought to any convenient adjustment by
means of the plate D, sliding rod F, and the sliding palette.
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:
The herein described palette attachment, comprising a block having a clamp, a
plate hinged to said block and provided with mouns for its adinstable angular

page_text: support with relation thereto, the rod carried by said plate, and the palette
adjustably carried by said rod, substantially as specified.
Dated this 22nd, day of November 1892.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.