IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF CERTAIN CABINET FURNITURE."
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Dyer, of the Firm of Dyer and Watts, of
Islington, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF CERTAIN CABINET FURNITURE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Dyer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
June 1861.
I, JOHN DYER, of the Firm of Dyer and Watts, of Islington, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE ORNAMENTATION OF CERTAIN CABINET FURNITURE," to be as
follows (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to the ornamentation of certain cabinet
furniture known as deal furniture, whereby an effect similar in appearance
to the more costly woods is obtained, and consists in producing upon the plain
surface or surfaces of the said furniture stained patterns or devices in imitation
of the ordinary marquetry or inlaid work in coloured fancy woods, the raised
or moulded surfaces being stained in like manner, and the said ornamented
face or surface of the furniture French polished, with the view to develop and
preserve the same, as also to produce a glazed and finished appearance.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Dyer in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
December 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
DYER, of the Firm of Dyer and Watts, of Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Dyer, Her special licence that I, the said John Dyer, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Dyer, 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 THE ORNA-
MENTATION OF CERTAIN CABINET FURNITURE," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Dyer, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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 performed, and cause the same to be filed in
the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Dyer, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, and the Drawing therein referred to (that is to say):
:-
My Invention has reference to the ornamentation of certain cabinet
furniture known as deal or pine furniture, whereby an effect similar in
appearance to a superior class of polished ornamental furniture may be pro-
duced, and consists in producing upon the surface or surfaces of the same
stained patterns or devices in imitation of the ordinary marquetry, inlaid,
moulded, or banded work in coloured fancy woods. To effect this object, the
surface of the wood should be first prepared by coating the same with a thin
solution of gum, size, or wax; the ornaments may then be produced by means
of blocks, stencil plates, transfers, or by hand, with the ordinary chemical dyes,
stains, or other colouring matters, according to the colour and nature of the

page_text: ornamentation required, the moulded and banded parts being picked in with a
suitable brush, combed, or pencilled, and the said ornamented face or surface
of the furniture French polished, with the view to preserve the same, as also
to produce a glazed and finished appearance.
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 Drawing, reference being had to the letters thereon marked
(that is to say) :-
:-
The said Drawing represents a front elevation of a panel ornamented
according to my Invention, in which A, A, is the body of the panel; B, B,
stained imitation, inlaid, or marquetry patterns or devices; C, C, raised or
moulded surfaces; D, D, banded portions; E, E, carved or intaglio designs.
In conclusion to the foregoing description, it may be here necessary to note,
that when coloured printing ink is employed, the preparation of the ground-
work may be dispensed with, in which case also it will be necessary that the
said ink should be rendered capable of setting or drying hard, so as to admit
of being French polished. And I would further note that, when ordinary
pigments are employed or applied to the said furniture through the medium of
brushes, or otherwise, the said colouring matters should be previously mixed
with turpentine and gold size.
Having now described the nature of this my said Invention, 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 claim as of my Invention the exclusive use of
the several substances and processes herein-before mentioned and described,
except when the same are employed in and for the purposes of my said Inven-
tion, which I hereby declare to consist in the ornamentation of deal or pine
cabinet furniture in imitation of fancy woods, in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Dyer, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
F. R. DARKIN CAMPBELL,
Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co.,
77, Chancery Lane.
JOHN DYER.
(L.S.)