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Letters Patent No. '77,876,0latcd Hay 12,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN DECORATING WALLS.

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Be it known that I, JAMES CVFINNLO' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Decorating Walls; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, c1ear,"and.exact description of the'same. My invention consists in decorating the walls of rooms with amaterial composed of-veneers` or ornamental' papers, mounted on mnslin or sti paper, the said thaterial being secured to the walls in strips, panels, and other figures, by tacking the pieces, at the edges only, to the walls, and covering the joints between the pieces with mouldings, which form part of the decorations, all as described hereafter.

'lhe main object of my invention has been to dispense with the usual process of paper-hanging, and to establish a system of decoration which can be carried ont by an ordinary carpenter.y l l I willnow proceed to describe the mode of carrying myinventien into e'eet, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, andin which the gure represents part of the wall of a room decorated according to my improvement. l

The material of which the decorationsare composed consists of stiff paper, to theface of which are cemented` veneers of ornamental wood, or the veneers may be mounted on muslin, or, in place of veneers, ornamental wall-papers of the better class may be-monnted on Innslin or pasted to comparatively stil? paper.

The material thus prepared may be varnished in front, and coated at the backwith any suitable'waterproof paint, when the material is laid aside for use, not in rolls, as with ordinary wall-paper, but in dat sheets.

-Supposing it be 'desired to decorate the walls ot' a room in the manner illustrated in the drawing, and sup- -posing it has been determined to have panels of maple, and horizontal strips B B and vertical strips C of walnut, panels of the desired size are cut from the sheets of decorating-material, with maple veneer, and are attached to the walls in their proper relative position by lightly tasking them at their edges only,.ali other parts of each panel being separate from the wall. The upper and lower strips B B', and vertical strips C of the jnaterial, with walnut veneer, are then lightly tacked to the wall in a similar manner, the edges ofthe strips d meetingor nearly meeting the edges of the panels, the `upper strip, B, extending to the lower edge of the cornico of the ceiling, and the lower edge of the lower strip to the washboa-rd.

Giltor plain, er ornamental mouldings, a, of wood, are then nailed:to the wall in such anmanner as to enclose the panels, and cover the tacks and the jointsbetween the panels, and the vertical and horizontal strips,

L u these mouldings thus aiding the tacks -in securing the decorating-material to the wall, and elfectually concealing imperfect joints. Y In like manner a gilt or other moulding, b, may be so securedy to the `wall at the lower edge of the cornice as to overlap the horizontal strip B, conceal the tacks, and aid in securing the said strip, and, if desired, a similar moulding may be secured to the wall at the washboard. i

\ rIhe wall is new entirely decorated without the aid oi' any paste or cement other than what may be necessary to-e'ect a junction, at fr, between the vertical and horizontal strips B Bl and C, and at these points the horizontal strips may be made to slightly overlap the ends of the vertical strips, and-the overlapping portions :N 'K d cemented together without bringing the cementing-,Inaterial into contact with the w'all.

n It will be evident that in practising this Inode of decorating walls, the greatest varietyoflv both simple and elaborate ornamentation maybe resorted to, panels of' many di'erent forms maybe adopted, and` the surface. ,q, I ot' the deeorating-material may be elaborately printed in olors orgilt, or may be of veneers of'any orna- :l I menta-l wood. l l.' f Independently of its applicability to the ornamentation of walls, my invention possesses the following advantages overlordinary wall-paper.'decor.ationsI o First, the dimensions of the wall, the' patternoi' the material, and style'of panelling being given to the manufacturer, panels and strips of the desireddimensions can be prepared at the ma-nufactory, transported to the desired destination, and then'appliedby any ordinary carpenter, the necessity of resorting to the moro' costly, tedious, and dirty process of paper-hanging being thus obviated.

s g f f' Seconci, as no part of the decorating-material is pasted to the-ivalls, the back of the material may be made water-proof, in which case the outer surface of' the material will remain una'ected by damp ivalls. i

Third, repairs, and even alterations, can be readily made, all that is necessary being the removal of the mouldings, the detaching of a panel or strip, andthe replacing ofthe same with a. new'one ofthe sarna charac; ter as or dill'ering from the first'.

claim as my invention, and flesire to secure by Letters Patent- The decorating of-wlls with a material composed of veneers or ornamental papers, mounted on muslin,l stiff paper, or other fabric, when the said material is `tacked ai; tlle'edges only to the walls, and when the joints between the pieces are covered by mou'ldings or boadings forming part of the decoration, all substantially as and for the purpose hereinA set forth. Y n

In testimonyivbereof, I have signed myname to this speecation'in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES C. FINN.

Witnesses: JOHN WHITE, C. B. PRICE.

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