IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER HANGINGS
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gustave Josse, of Giltspur Street, in the City of
London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER HANGINGS."
Sealed the 31st October 1865, and dated the 4th May 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gustave Josse at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th May 1865.
I, GUSTAVE JOSSE, of Giltspur Street, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER HANGINGS,"
to be as follows (that is to say):
My Invention has reference to a mode of producing upon plain or figured
surfaces of paper hangings, such as distemper coloured, flock, or other papers,
designs or devices in chromo or other lithography, whereby greater effect and
artistic finish is obtained at less cost than by the system of block engraving
and printing as at present, and consists in placing the said designs, such as
flowers, landscapes, or otherwise, obtained as above, in suitable order or position,
as required for being arranged upon the pieces of paper to be ornamented or
embellished, and causing the same to adhere to the surface thereof through the
medium of gum or similar composition, and subsequently surrounding the
rough or unfinished edging of the said lithographs with a framing' or border in.
gold, silver, bronze, or colours, as a finish to the same, the said lithographs
being produced upon plain or metallic surface paper, and calendered for the
purpose of pressing or smoothing the same.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Gustave Josse in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd November 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GUSTAVE
Josse, of Giltspur Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Gustave Josse, Her special licence that I, the said Gustave Josse,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Gustave Josse, my 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 PAPER
HANGINGS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Gustave Josse,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Gustave Josse, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described. and ascertained in and by the following
statement and the Drawings herein referred to (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to a mode of producing upon plain or figured
surfaces of paper bangings designs or devices in colored or uncolored chromo
or other lithography, whereby greater effect and artistic finish is obtained at
less cost than by the system of block engraving and printing as at present,
and consists in placing the said designs, such as flowers, landscapes, or other-
wise, obtained as above, in suitable order or position as required for being
arranged upon the piece of paper to be ornamented or embellished, and causing
the same to adhere to the surface thereof through the medium of gum or other
suitable composition or cement, whilst the rough or unfinished edging of the
said lithographs are subsequently surrounded with an ornamental framing or
border, printed or stamped, in gold, silver, bronze, or colors, as a finish to

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the same, as also to conceal the edge or line of union between the lithographic
device and the paper.
And in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe it by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, reference being had to the letters and figures thereon
marked (that is to say):-
Fig. 1 represents a front or surface view of a portion of a length of paper
hanging ornamented or embellished in accordance with my Invention; Fig. 2,
a transverse section of the same, taken through the dotted line 1, 1, in Fig. 1;
and Fig. 3, a longitudinal section through the line 2, 2. In each Figure the
same letters of reference denote similar corresponding parts.
A, A, the body or surface of the paper hanging; B, B, ornamental scroll or
pattern, printed or stamped upon the same; C, C, chromo-lithographic devices
or designs, applied and secured to the paper through the medium of gum or
otherwise, as above; D, D, the rough or unfinished edge thereof; E, E,
surrounding ornamental framing or border for concealing the same, as herein-
before mentioned.
In carrying my Invention into effect I cause the said paper to be laid upon
any flat or suitably extended surface, and the chromo or other lithographic
designs placed or arranged thereon in the situations or positions required,
the said designs having been previously cut or punched to the necessary
size and shape, as also the backs thereof gummed or supplied with
cement for causing the same to cohere firmly with the paper, the said litho-
graphic devices or designs being subsequently surrounded or enclosed by the
ornamental edging or border to hide or conceal the line of union, as above
mentioned, and finally calendered or hot pressed for the purpose of smoothing
the same, and effecting a more perfect cohesion or blending of the lithographic
device
the surface of the paper.
upon
In conclusion to the foregoing description, I would here briefly note that
my improved method of ornamentation is applicable to any of the various
descriptions of paper bangings, such as distemper color, flock, or otherwise,
and that the said lithographic designs or devices in décalcomanie may be
produced upon plain or metallic surface paper, and glazed or varnished as
may be found desirable.
And I would further note that the arrangement of the said lithographic
devices may be facilitated by the employment of any suitable means for
determining their position or place upon the said paper through the medium
of suitable marks or centres, so as to ensure greater uniformity in the disposition
of the same.

page_text: Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried into.
effect,. I would have it clearly understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise details herein-before described,. as the same may be varied without.
departing from the general principle of this my said Invention; nor do I
claim as new and of my said Invention the exclusive use of the several parts
and processes before mentioned, except when the same are employed in and
for the purposes of my said Invention, which I hereby declare to consist in the
application and employment of chromo or other lithography to the ornamen-
tation of paper hangings in the manner and for the purposes herein-before set
forth and described.
In witness whereof, I,, the said Gustave Josse, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
GUSTAVE JOSSE. (L.S.)
Witness,
F. R. DARKIN CAMPBELL,
Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co.,
77, Chancery Lane.