US1366754A - Method of producing decorative articles - Google Patents

Description

K. L. TORNO. MEIHOD OF PRODUCING DECORATIVE ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-1|, I920.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

JIYVEJJCOJ". KARL L A-rrbzwsy.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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METHOD OF PRODUCING DIOOBLTIVE ABTIOLEQ.

lpeoiflcation of Letters Intent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Application filed February ll, "l0. riel Io. 857,991.

7 0 all whom may /nr "1'",

Be it known that l, hainl L Toaso, a subject of the Kingdom of Sweden, having received my first pppers of citizenship in the United States of America, and a reaident of the cit of Berkeley, county of Alameda, State 0 California, have made a new and useful invention, to wit: Methods of Producing Decorative Articles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates particularly to an article of manufacture and the method of producing the same, and has for its object the imitation or simulation of leather. ivory and the like for interior decoration.

- objects appear as this description pro grosses-l In this specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best, but it is to be understood that this invention is not limited to such form, because it ma be embodied in other forms; and it is a so to be understood that in and by the claims following the description, it is desired to cover the invention ii whatsoever form it may be embodied.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawings,

Figure 1 illustrates a plan view diagrammatically illustrating an imitation of wrinkled leather.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same illus trating the structure of the panel.

The limitations of a patent drawing convey no conception of the artistic merit of the invention and are submitted to merely illustrate the structure.

' In many of the old governmental buildings, palaces and residences representatives of early periods of architecture abroad, wall panels of dressed leather veneered ivory, and like substances have been incorporated into the interior walls in the shape of panels.

The action of time and the elements has caused these panels to take on mellow tones and to contract and wrinkle into contrasting and decorative designs.

In imitating such conditions 'I take any suitable panel or board such as 1 and cover it with a putty like plastic layer such as 2. It may be applied with a trowel or with a brush. For this purpose I prefer a putty Other composed ofthe following ingredients in substantially the proportions given. I ut, there are numerous similar compositions that will serve the purpose. For such imita time I alter the form of the putty rendering it hard or soft or rendering it more elastic as circumstances req iire by varyin the roportions: i; of ru ,Wfffll'nlsb ard rymg), l of whrto. ,dfler, l; turpentine, mixed with 1 part 1.! pure white lead, 1 part finely ground silica,

whore flexibility is required, such as bending around comers, I use a heavy card board or the like tor the back panel 1. However, such a composition as thus set forth will adhere permanently to glass, metal or any substance that is tree from greases. llhilc the putt covering is still plastic, before it sets, I ta e a cloth or other suitable fabric and wet the same in water, then wring it slightly, leaving it quite wet. This cloth leaving the natural wrinkles and puckers is then carelessly spread over-the panels 1 and 2. This cloth is then patted down into the putty like coating 2, preferably by hand. Then the cloth is gently removed from the putty leaving its impression thereon. Wherever there was a fold or wrinkle in the cloth it forms a crease or depression such as 3 in the putty, while the texture of the cloth leaves a grain or surface impression such as the stipple 4. Such depressions of surface designs are not sharply defined but blend naturally and harmoniously into the plane of the panel.

The panel thus treated is set aside till the putty has set to a degree that will per-v the exact effect desired is accomplished.

The anel is then washed and dried. Then suitable coloring matter, preferably a pigment stain is rubbed into the creases and depressions in the coating. This coloring matter is then rubbed oil with a rag, following the same practice common in the staining of open grained pigments in the creases. From this point on the panel is treated in any suitable manner to obtain the desired artistic efiect. It may be varnished and dull rubbed, or rubbed to a high polish, or finished fiat by any of the arts of the interior decorator.

A little skill on the part of the operator wood, leaving the to the putty, to direct t makes it possible, in applyirigthe wet cloth 9 cleases in any desired general direction, to avoid uniformity in the product, while maintaining a barmonious ensemble. The cloth can be applied to vertical as well as horizontal surfaces which makes it possible to redeeornte old structures. The putty fills cracks and marks of abuse on wood work, making a renewal possible without that,appearance of ofl'ensire newness that too often follows reconstruction.

Boxes, chests and the-like and other urticlessmall and large can be coreredwith the mtt 2 and treated with the wet cloth and hnis led as described and all the desired effects accomplished. Hand work is pre ferred in practising this invention, but it obviously is susceptible of mechanical performance also.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is 1. The method of treating plastic surfaces consisting in manually applying a loose wrinkled fabric to said surface; applying pressure thereto, then removing said fabric.

2. The method of treating plastic surfaces consisting in applying a wrinkled wet fabric to said surface; applying pressure thereto, then removing said fabric.

3. The method of treating plastic surfaces consisting in applying a wrinkled fabric to said surface; applying pressure thereto, then removing said fabric; and rubbing coloring into said surface.

4. The method of imitating leather or the like consisting in preparing a plastic surfaced panel; applying a wrinkled fabric to said surface; applyiiig pressure thereto, then rcnioring said fabric; and coloring said surface.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 31st day of January, 1920.

KARL L. TORNO.

In presence of Bnpnwm VALE, Lmoomr V. JouNsoN.

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