US1662362A - Lamp shade - Google Patents

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March 13, 1928.. 1,662,3fi2

- 7 J; CHITRA LAMP SHADE Filed June 20. 1927 Patented Mar. 13, 1928;

I UNITE Joan Carma, or cinoaeo; ILLINOIS.

LAMP snaps.

Application filed June 20, 1927. Serial No. 199,951.

My invention relates-to improvements in lamp shades and has special reference to improvements in methods andmcans for decorating lamp shades and similar devices.

A particular object of my invention is to produce a lamp shade which may be made.

object.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference. to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification and in which Fig. 1. is a side elevation of a lamp shade made in accordance with my invention;

2. is a vertical. central, sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a fragmentary plan view of the ornamented portion of one of the panels showing one step of the process of producing the ornament; a

Fig. 4, is a view similar to Fig. but showing a further step in the production oi the ornament;

Fig. 5, is a sectional view on the line55 of Fig. 3:

Fig. 6, is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 4;:

Fig. 7. is a sectional view similar to Fig. 6, but showing the next step in the production of the ornament; and

Fig. 8, is a similar section and shows the last step in the production of the ornament.

In said drawings 1, indicates a lamp shade of ausual coned panelled shape. The shade comprises a wire frame 2, over which a cloth cover 3 is tightly stretched and secured. The cover 3 is preferably of silk and is first made up of suitable size and shape so that when secured upon the frame the panels 4 thereof shall be stretched tightly and held in flat condition.

The shade is adapted to be supported upon shown. After the cover has been properly secured upon the frame it is ready to be ornamented. The ornamentation is preter ably in the form of a picture of: flowers, leaves, birds. etc; and I have shown a spray with flowers at 6 on one of the panels 4. This ornament 6 consists of a stem 7, leaves 8 and flowers 9. The stem may be brown, the leaves different shades of green and yellow, and the flowers dilier'ent shades of pink or red. or any other pleasingcombination of colors can be used. Inthe several figures he conventional indications of colors has been used to indlcate the different colors.

In producing the ornamentation it has been a. most diiiicult undertaking to produce the ornamentin such a manner or by such means that the 0118 or other ingredients of the .paints would not spread beyond the outlines of the ornament and also to color the ornamentation.

By proceeding in accordance with my invention I am enabled to produce properly colored ornamentations and without any spreading; of the oils beyond the outlines of the ornamentation. I first sketch out the outline 10 ot the ornament, as shown in Fig. 3. and then I paint the panel within the outline with a. quick drying enamel such as Duco enamel. This first coat is shown at 1.1 in Figs. 3 and 5. It is indicated in Fig. 3 by the. shade lines which indicate glass. The one essential to this coat is that it shall be so quick drying that it dries before it can spread beyond the surface to which it is ap plied.

Having thus prepared the surface of the silk I can now apply the oil color paints to the'several parts of the design. as indicated in Figs. 4 and 6 at 12. Having permitted the oil colors to dry I then proceed to prepare the design to receive the glass particles or heads. For this purpose I coat the ornament. withv a suitable varnish, as indicated at .13. Figs. 7 and 8, and when this varnish has dried av proper amount so that it becomes quite sticky or tacky, I apply a coatingof the glass particles or beads, as shown at 14:, Fig. 8. When the varnish is completely dried the ornamentation is finished.

For the purpose of keeping the first coat, enamel, from becoming too hard and tending to crack, it is mixed with a suitable proportion of medium, preferably gypsy painting post 5 and to contain electric lamps, not

medium being used, and likewise the paints are also mixed with medium to cause them to spread smoothly and evenly.

So far as I am aware, ornamentation of this character has never heretofore been produced principally on account of'the difliculty of applying the oil paints, but by first enamelling the surface with a mixture of enamel and medium I provide a foundation suitable for receiving the oil paints and which foundation, due to the use of the medium, is flexible enough not to crack in use.

As lamp shades are al ays transparent or translucent it will be understood ofconrse thatthe materials of which the ornamentations are made are such as will transmit light so that their beauty may be seen both by reflected and transmitted light.

The final result is a most beautiful, colored and glass covered ornamentwhich adds materially to the appea-mnce of the plain silk shades and provides ashade upon which ailargee'business is being built up. i

I claim:

1. The herein described method of ornamenting cloth such as silk, for use in lamp shades and the like which consists in outlining a portion of the surface of the cloth to receive the ornamentation, applying enamel mixed'wit-h medium'to said outlined surface,

applying colored oil paints to the enamel when the enamel has dried, applying varnish to the painted surface and before the varnish is completely dried, applying glass beads to the varnish, thereby producing a suitable ornamental colored design covered with lass beads.

2. r. lamp shade or similar article, comprisinga translucent fabric such as silk, a fran'ie upon which the fabric is tightly stretched, an ornamentation on the fabric con'iprisii'ig a coating of enamel mixed with medium covering a certain area to represent a. selected picture, a layer of colored" oil paints on'the enamel, a layer of varnish on the oil paints and a layer of glass beads secured by the varnish.

3; A lamp shade comprising a suitable frame of Wire, a silk cover stretched and secured upon the frame, an ornamentation on the silk, comprising acoating of enamel mixed with medium covering acertainarea to represent a selected pictnrc a layer of colorcd'oil paints-on the enamel, a layer of. varnish on the oil paints and a layer of glass beads secured by the varnish.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 6th day of June, 1927.

JOHN ornrna.

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