A Method of Ornamenting in Imitation of Marbles and Grained Inlaid Woods in Combination with Printed Designs.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 19th Oct., 1888
A Method of Ornamenting in Imitation of Marbles and Grained
Inlaid Woods in Combination with Printed Designs.
I, BENJAMIN OLDFIELD, of 37 Cross Cheaping, Coventry in the County of Warwick
Machinist and I, WILLIAM OLDFIELD, of 37 Cross Cheaping, Coventry, in the County
of Warwick, Designer and Decorator do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
First to dispense with the very great outlay, in obtaining real inlaid marbles and
woods, and secondly the execution of finer work.
The design is drawn upon paper and transferred upon a Lithographic Stone in
the ordinary way, or another way is to use the ordinary printing press instead, in
the latter case Blocks cut to the pattern would have to be made and put in the press,
prints can be obtained from either of the methods, upon thin prepared paper such as
used in ordinary printed transfers.
The process can be worked upon any suitable material; the first thing to do is to
varnish the surface so that it will be made non-absorbent, to the graining colours
afterwards applied such graining colours must be in distemper.
The design which is to be executed may in some cases, be printed direct upon the
varnished part of the material used, but when this is not applicable then the said
design is printed upon the transfer paper.
The ink used for printing the designs must be made so that it is soluable in spirits,
which will not remove the distemper colour.
When wood is the material to be worked upon it will not be necessary to grain it,
owing to its natural grain, but graining in most cases would have to be worked on
any other material.
That part required to be covered with the design, is printed on directly, or the
printed transfers are used, in the proper place to suit the design, after which the
transfers will have to be damped with water, and the paper removed leaving
the printed part only.

page_text: After the work is covered where required, by the printed designs, any part of
the distemper colour, not covered with the printed surfaces can be washed off
with water.
The work is then grained over in other parts in distemper colour in imitation of
any other wood that may be selected, this is again covered with the printed design,
and repeated as often as required.
The whole is then washed over with spirits which redissolve's the printed parts
leaving the design in the various imitated woods, ready for varnishing and
polishing.
Where Marble is the material to be worked upon the same process, as applied to
wood can be used.
It might occur in some cases that Marble's would be imitated on wood and woods
on Marbles.
Dated this 28th day of November 1887.
BENJAMIN OLDFIELD.
WILLIAM OLDFIELD.
A Method of Ornamenting in Imitation of Marbles and Grained
Inlaid Woods in Combination with Printed Designs.
I, BENJAMIN OLDFIELD, Mechanic, 25, Cope Street, Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, and, T, WILLIAM OLDFIELD, Decorator Queen Victoria Street, in the
County of Warwick, both late of 37, Cross Cheaping Coventry in the said County of
Warwick 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 invention, is to dispense with the very great outlay, in obtaining
real inlaid Marbles, woods, or similar surfaces, and the execution of finer work.
The design is drawn upon paper and transfered upon a Lithographic stone, in the
ordinary way, or another way is to use the ordinary printing press, in the latter case,
blocks cut to the pattern would have to be made and put in the press, prints can be
obtained from either of the methods on thin prepared paper, such as used in ordinary
printed transfers.
The process can be worked on any suitable material.

page_text: The first thing to do is to varnish the surface so that it will be made non-absorbent
to the graining colours afterwards applied such graining colours must be in
distemper.
The design which is to be executed may in some cases be printed direct upon the
material used, but when this is not applicable then the said design is printed on
the transfer paper.
The ink used for printing the designs must be made so that it is soluble in spirits,
which will not remove the distemper colour.
When the material to be worked upon is wood, the natural grain will be sufficient,
but graining in most cases would have to be worked on any other material; that
part required to be covered with the design is printed on direct, or the printed
transfers are used in the proper place to suit the design, after which the transfer paper
will have to be damped with water and removed leaving the printed design.
After the work is covered where required with the printed designs, any part not
covered with the said printed designs, can be washed off. The work is then grained
over in other parts in distemper colour in imitation of any other wood that may be
selected, this again covered with the printed design, and repeated as often as
required.
The whole is then washed over with spirits which re-disolves the printed parts,
leaving the design in the various imitated woods &c. ready for varnishing and
polishing.
Where marble or other material is to be worked upon, the same process as applied
to wood can be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the said is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
The above invention, on any suitable material, in imitation of Marbles, grained
inlaid woods, or such like surfaces, in combination with printed designs, as, and for
the purpose described.
Dated this with day of Santamhov 1000