US280492A - John mcoully - Google Patents

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J. MoOULLY.

ORNAMENTAL MANTEL, CEILING, &0. No. 280,492. Patented Ju1y3, 1883.

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UNITED STATES ATENI JOHN MOOULLY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HOLLON F. MILES, OF SAME PLACE.

ORNAMENTAL MANTEL, CEILING, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,492, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed April 19 1883.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MoCULLY, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ornamental Mantels, Ceilings,

&c., of which the foklowing is a full descrip tion, reference being ad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a panel ready for insertion. Fig. 3 is a section at line 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a perspective showing the form of strips of lead which surround and hold the pieces of glass.

It is customary to provide wood mantels,

ceilings, and many articles of furniture with ornamental panels made of wood. I have 0011- ceived the idea of making panels for such places having a front of stained glass, and have devised practical means for making and applying such panels; and in the drawings Ihave shown my improvement as applied to amantel. In carrying out my invention I provide the mantels with openings of any desired form, adapted to receive panels made to fit therein. I then make a panel for each opening, consisting of pieces of glass, which may be stained or opalescent, or both combined, of regular or irregular forms, and, if desired, jewels may be combined with the pieces of glass, the several pieces being surrounded and held in place by strips of lead having flanges upon each side, the panels so made being held in place in the mantel-openings by abacking of plaster or cement.

In the drawings, A represents a mantel containing my improvement, to being the upper part of the front of the mantel, and b I) being the two side pieces.

B is a single panel, made from small pieces of glass and jewels, c, of various forms.

(I are strips of lead which surround each piece of glass and each jewel. The glass and jewels are temporarily held in place by the strips of lead, and when the panel has been placed in the opening in the mantel it is to be covered and secured in place by a backing of cement or'plaster, the form of the panel and 5 0 the opening in the mantel being made to conform to each other. e

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C is another panel, made and secured in the side pieces I) in a similar manner.

In Fig. 1, D is an opening in the side piece I), and E, Fig. 2, is a panel corresponding with O, and designed and adapted to be fitted into the opening D.

I11 Fig. 3, I have shown the back of plaster e, which covers entirely the pieces of glass and jewels entering the flanges upon the back side of the strips of lead cl, and securely holding the glass and jewels in place. Of course no light can reach the glass directly from behind; but the plaster back, besides holding the glass in place, also serves the purpose of reflecting a portion of the light which is transmitted through the glass from the front, and aids in producing desired effects.

The front or exposed parts of the lead strips (1 may be ornamented by gilding or painting of the same.

I do not limit myself to the use of lead strips; but where irregular forms of glass are used these strips should be flexible, and I know of nothing better than lead.

I have spoken only of panels; but ornaments of various forms and sizes, which may not technically be called panels, may be used at the option of the decorator, the same being made and secured in place substantially as I have described.

I have only shown my improvement as applied to a mantel; but my invention can be applied in substantially the manner described to other articles, and also to ceilings, and to '8 5 the side walls of rooms adapted to receive the same.

The effects produced by this new style of ornamentation are novel, varied, and beautiful, and an endless variety of designs may be 0 adopted.

In Fig. 3 the panel of glass rests on shoulders provided in the walls of the opening; but I do not limit myself to this precise method of supporting the edges of the panel. In some 9 5 cases an opening could be provided large enough to receive the panel from the front. A cement or other backing could then be placed in the opening, and the panel be inserted from the front and be placed against the backing, and the panel could then be secured in place at the front by suitable strips. When the panel is inserted from the front, or from below in ceilings, it may be secured to the woodwork by means of screws, holes being pro vided at suitable places in the joints between. the glasses. In some cases-for example, Where the panel or ornament is placed in a ceiling the plaster backing may be omitted, and any suitable light-colored backing may be used to produce the desired effects.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. As an improvement in the art of ornamenting mantels, ceilings, &c., a panel or ornamental piece made from a number of pieces of glass surrounded by strips of lead or other suitable material, and held in position thereby, and a connection with a suitable backing, substantially as and for the purp osc specified.

2. As an improvement in the art of ornamcnting mantels, ceilings, &c., a panel made from pieces of glass surrounded and held together by means of strips of lead or other suitable material, in combination with a backing of plaster or other suitable known material adapted to reflect light, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN MCOULLY. \Vitnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, EDGAR T. BOND.

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