US917393A - Method of and device for exhibiting decorative schemes. - Google Patents

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J. N. WIGGIN. METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR EXHIBITING DECORATIVE SCHEMES. APPLIOATIOI nun 3.4. 190:.

917,393. r I Patented Apf.6,1909

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- APPLICATION YILBD PEA, 1906.

Patented Apr. 6; 1909.

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JOSEPH N. 'IGGIN, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNQR TO H. B. WIGGINS SONS COMPAKY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR EXHIBITING DECORATIVE SCHEMES.

To all whom it'mayrouccrn:

Be it known that I, Josnrn N. Widow, of

Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful improvement in methods of and devices for e i be used by architects, builders, decorators,

tion thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference'being had to the accom )anying drawings, and to the letters of re erence marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

In the drawings which show illustrations of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of one illustration of the invention: Fig. 2, is a section of Fig. 1, on the line .r, at; Figs. 3 and 4 are additional illustrations of the invention;

and Figs. 5 and 6 represent additional divislon strips, somewhat enlarged, corrcspond- I in" to the arts, h, p.

imilar etteis of reference indicate like parts in all the drawings.

The object of this invention is a cheap, convenient and useful method anddevicc by which the decoration plan of a room, hall, or other apartments, can be submitted to those desiring to decorate such a )artnients; the device beta so constructed that it can be readil nzaile and which will show the color of t e woodwork, as base-board, chair-rail, pic ture molding, plate shelf, &c., in connection with the shade or coloring of the covering actually intended to be used on the wall r ceiling, or on both wall and ceiling, such as burla s and other well or ceiling coverings.

n the illustration of my invention shown in the drawings, sections in frames or panels of the wall, and of the ceiling of apartments are shown.

In the illustration of my invention, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, A, represents astructure which may be conveniently made of slif strong card-board, and this may be called a face card. 011 this lace card there are embossed or otherwise suitably disposed, warts as a, b, and c, which represent the molding around the ceiling. Below this, is a portion bounded by similar (Hiimsscd parts. I. l, f, and g, which constitute the m ldiw' :u'nlHnl the wall or around a porti n of it uspat-c bounded by the parts u, b, c, and 11, l mat. on!

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 4,

lbiting decorating schemes, adapted to.'

I Patented April 6, 1909. I 1906. Serial No. $09,159.

t of the iacc card .i, and so is the space bounded by the parts d, c,f, and g. he parts a, b, c, d, c,f, and g, are to be printed or otherwise colored to give the shade or coloring of the wood actually intended to be used, 'as for example, ash, walnut, oak, maple, ebonized wood, &c.

ings a, b, c, may, for instance, be colored to resemble. white enamel, and the moldings, d, r, f, and y, may be colored to resemble ash wood. In this example of my invention I show the framed part of the wall divided into two portions by a separate cross )iece, h, to represent a molding or a plate shelf, also 001-- ored or printed of the shade of wood designed board, the ends of which are to he slipped under the parts c and f, and secured in place there. ln making use of this example of my invention a piece of the actual material dcsigucd as a cover for the ceiling, say, white 1 canvas, as I5, is cut out to tit into the space bounded by the parts a, b, c, and (l; and in order to give a neat appearance, the piece B should be a little larger than the open space, so that ilscdges will slip underthc parts a, b, c, and (I, where the piece B is to be secured in position. in the space bounded by the moldings (I, c,f, and h, a piece of the actual material designed as a covering for that portion of the wall, say, for example, burlaps of a pink shade or tint is disposed, so that its edges also pass under the parts (Z, c, f, and h; and there secured in position. In the space bounded by the moldings e,f, h, and the baseboard 9', a piece of the actual material designed as a covering fe'. that portion of the shade, is disposed, so that its edges also pa -2' under the parts 0, j, It, and g, and there so cured in position. in this way the exact efto housed in the decoration content latech 'llns piece, 11. IS a strip of embosse card- I feet of the decoration of the apartment. in

6D In the example shown, the moldwall, say for example, bin-laps of a. blue.

' parts d, (4, and g, con

plained. At a suitable distance below such" and the part between such chair-rail and the baseboard, g, known as the dado, would then also be filled in with a piece of the material actually intended to be used there, as already explained. For very high apartments, of course, the anel bounded by the id be divided by parts, as It, to represent picture molding, plate shelf, chair-rail, 8-0., as desired.

In cases where the material, or some of it,

intended for the parts B, C and D is frail and likely to be torn, or when for any other reason it is desired, the device may be strengthened by having a supplementary card as E, Fig. 2, attached to the back of the card A. In order to make a neat structure,

the card, E, should be of the samesize as the .card A, and suitably secured to it, to retain its position. If desired, a depression as F may be embossed in the supplementary card,

in order to allow for the decorative material, or a space between the two cards for that purpose may be provided in any other manner, as by securing strips of card-board between the cards A and E at their tops and bottoms and sides. p

In Fig. 3 another illustration of my invention is shown displaying a more fanciful treatment than that shown in Fig. 1. In this, A is a face card, as in F ig. l, and moldings of a different design, i, j, and 7:, represent the frame intended to show the ceiling portion of the design. Below this is a portion bounded by suitable moldings as Z, m, n, and 0. The space incloscd by these moldings is again ivided horizontallyby a suitable molding, as Within the portion framed by the mo dings l, p, and the upper parts of the moldings m, 7b, a piece G of the wall covering designed to be used,,of say .a green color is disposed, in which an opening is cut, within which opening' a piece, Lof a pink color of the wall covering designed to be used is arranged; these pieces, G and I, being neatly fitted to each other in order to produce the best effect; and a rococo part, H, is arranged to cover u the lines of jointure of the covering G, I. n this illustration of my invention the portion framed by the molding p and thc' baseboard 0, and the lower parts of the mold- Lugs m and n, is divided vertically to form three sections by molding strips 9, r. Within t e space formed by the moldings m, p, q, and baseboard 0, a iece, J, of a blue tint of the wall covering intended tobe used, is shown secured, and a similar piece, K, of the same Kind of wall covering is shown secured within the space formed by the moldings p, n, r, and the baseboard 0; and within the space formed by the moldings 11,9, 1, and the baseboard o, a piece, L, of the wall covering designed to be used, say of a yellow tint, is shown secured.

In Fig. 4, another illustration of my invention, that is, a framed portion consisting of moldings of a design differing from those shown in Fi x 1, 2,and' 3, is disp eyed. A is the face car the moldings s, t, and u, frame' the ceiling portion; the moldings, v, w, 9:, and

baseboard y, frame thewall portions; and the spaces within these may be divided up, by moldings such as h, p, g, 1-, or others, for example, such as shown, somewhat enlarged, in

Figs. 5 and 6, and in these divided up s aces,

portions of the material actually inten ed to e used on the wall or ceilin may be dis-.-

posed according to the metho described.--

It will be understood, of course, that'the framed part need not in every instance show a wall portion and also a ceiling portion, but that, when desired, the ceiling portion may "be omitted, and the space from the upper portion of the card down to and including the oaseboard, may be framed to form one opening, which may then be arranged according to my invention, to show only the wall of an apartment, divided up by such moldings as 2, p, q, r, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, or any others that may be desired, and the spaces within such moldings may be filled in with pieces of such wall coverings as are actually intended to be used. So also, such a wall space may be framed by suitable moldings, and within it wall coverings may be fitted in fanciful shapes with rococo or similar designs as suggested by the parts G, H, and I, of Fig. 3;

readily occur to;

and many others which will persons skilled in the art.

I have found that a structure consisting of the face card about 6 by 11% inches is convenient for mailing, and gives good space for ordinary exhibitions of such color decorations, but I do not limit myself to that size as larger or smaller cards may be employed without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure bylbetters Patent, is:

1. In a device for exhibiting the decora tive schemes of rooms, in miniature, the combination with a suitable base plate provided with a central longitudinal depression adapted to receive colored specimens of the wall and ceiling coverings in sections; of a face plate adapted to be associatediwith said base plate and provided with an open ing overlying said sections of color s mens, said' face plate bein also provid d with embossed portions bor ering said opening and with embossed strips extending across said opening above the junctures said color sections, and said embossed bordering and strips being treated to re resent the woodwork of the room, substantially as descn 2. In a device for exhibiting the dccorative schemes of rooms, in miniature, the

combination with a suitable base plate pro vided with a central longitudinal depression adapted to receive colored specimens of the wall and ceiling coverings in sections, of a face plate adapted to be associated with said base plate and provided with an openl second transverse space and having an opening overlying said sections of color specimens, the edges of said opening extending inwardly beyond the edge of said depression in said base plate, said lace platebeing also provided with embossed portions bordering said opening and embossed strips extending across said opening above the junclures of said color sections, and said embossed bordering and strips being painted or grained to represent the woodwork of the room, substantially as described.

3 As an improved article of manufacture, a display card for exhibiting in miniature the interior wall decoration of a room, coinprising a lace card having a longitudinal opening cut there n, a pair of cross strips. separating the upper section of said openin into two transverse spaces, a longitudina strip separating the spaces formed by said lower transverse strip and the lower edge of said main opening into longitudinal openings, said transverse strips and the ed es of said soaces being embossed to form mo dings tinted to correspond to the moldings to be actually employed, a piece of fabric as actually used being secured behind the upper transverse space, a piece of material as actually used being disposed in said ing cut centrally terein, a second piece of material as actually used but of a dill'errut design or color being,' secured behind said opening in said aforementioned material.

'and the joinder of said materials being covered by a rococo member or other arlistic design, and said lower longitudinal spaces being provided with i'natcrials as actually emplrn'ed forming suitable panels, the whole constructed and arranged to reproduce in diaf rammatic design and color the actual wall decorations of said room, associated with the molding eileets, substantially as described.

JOSEPH N. WIGGIN.

Witnesses:

' ANNA BUCHNER, EMMA Perms.

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