Improvements in Table Decoration, the said Improvements being also Applicable for other Analogous Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1889-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Table Decoration, the said Improvements being
also Applicable for other Analogous Purposes.
I, JOHN MCDOUGALL, of No. 77 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Glass and China
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in table decoration but my improvements
are also applicable to the decoration of walls and other parts of rooms and to the
decorating of shop windows and other places.
In carrying out my invention I employ globes of incandescent electric light the
electric current being produced from a dynamo, battery, accumulator, storage cells or
from any other electric current producing machine or contrivance.
For table decoration I may lay a series of the globe lights on the table, the current
being conducted through wires communicating with a battery or accumulator placed
below the table or in any other convenient position or the wires may be connected
with existing wires carrying a main source of electric current supply in the premises
or outside of the premises; in some cases however 1 may make each light its own
current producer.
For table decoration I may mount the lights in the centre of, or embedded in, real
or artificial flowers, fruits, plants, moss or in combination with other similar table
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decoration; or on or in combination with plush, silk and other similar fabrics.
combination with the lights may be mirrors of glass or of silver plate for the purpose
of increasing the brilliancy of the decoration.
The same form of decoration as hereinbefore described may be adapted to the
walls and other parts of a room or for display or decoration in business premises.
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C
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JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Table Decoration, the said Improvements being
also Applicable for other Analogous Purposes.
I, JOHN MCDOUGALL of No. 77 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain Glass and china merchant, 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 :-
This Invention relates to improvements in table decoration, but my improvements
are also applicable to the decoration of walls curtains, and the like and consists in the
employment of globes of incandescent electric light arranged on the top of the tablo
or embedded in real or artificial flowers, fruits, plants moss, shells, seaweed (real
or artificial) or in combination with other similar table decoration; or on or in
combination with plush silk and other similar fabrics placed thereon.
In order that my improvements may be more readily understood and easily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe them with reference to the accompanying sheets
of drawings.
Figures 1 and 2, sheet 1 of which are plan and elevation of a part of a table
having my improvements connected, Figure 3 sheet 2 being an outline elevation of a
curtain having my improvements attached, and Figure 4, sheet 2, an enlarged
detail.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2 sheet 1, A, represents the one corner of an ordinary
table having table cover B, plate and accessories C, placed thereon, as also my

page_text: improvements which consist of a number of real or artificial flowers D, which may bo
arranged on the table in any desired mannor, such as is shown or otherwise, theso
Blowers D, having embedded in them incandescent electric light globes E, which are
supplied with an electric current by means of the wires F, from the battery G, which
may bo placed either underneath the table as shown or affixed to the underside of
the table; or if desired it may be placed in any other convenient part of the room or
building, the conducting wires F. being led under, then up the edge and on to tho
top of the table, and along its surface underneath the cover B, through which the
wires pass to the globes E (the said passage of the wires F to the globe held in
the flower D, being more particularly shown in section in Figure 4, sheet 2) or if
desired the wires may be led through holes in the table top, or in telescopic tables
through the junction of the leaves, or they may be led down on to the table from
above.
In lieu of embedding the globes E, in flowers D, I may arrange the globes them-
selves on the table or I may embed them in fruits, plants moss, shells, seaweed (real
or artificial), or in combination with other similar table decoration; or on, or in
combination with plush, silk, and other similar fabrics, and in some cases where extra
brilliancy is dosired I may provide suitable reflecting mirrors of glass or silver
plate.
In lieu of employing a battery G, for producing the electric current to the globes,
I may employ a dynamo, accumulator, storage cells or any other electric current
producing machine or contrivance, or I may connect the wires F, to existing wires
carrying a main source of electric current supply, either in or outside the premises or
in some cases I may connect each light to a separate current producer.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the said decorations may be arranged in
any desired manner on the table either spread out over the surface or arranged in
groups; the said decorations may also be arranged on the walls of the room or
promises or they may be arranged in combination with the curtains or door hangings,
an example of which is shown in Figure 3, sheet 2, H being the curtain which is
caught up by the cord J, and hung on the book j, the flower or other decoration D,
containing the globe E, being fastened to the cord J, while the wires F, may be
conducted either up or down the back of the curtain to the current producer.
The herein before mentioned form of decoration may be used in combination with
vases, figures, candelebra or other ornaments in earthonware, china, porcelain, glass,
silver or other metals or wood or any kind of rustic decoration (roal or artificial) or
fairy fountains for decorating tables walls or curtains of rooms, in houses or business
premises or in the saloons of ships.
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.
In the decoration of tables, walls, or curtains in houses, business premises, ship
saloons or any suitable place or places, the employment of incandescent electric
light globes, in combination with flowers (real or artificial) or with any of the
substitutes herein before mentioned, or with any other suitable decoration, substantially
in the manner as and for the purposes herein before described and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of December 1889
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.