Patent Model - Manufacture of Wall-Paper, &c.
Maker and role
Silas Trout, Patentee
Horace Wendell, Assignee
Production date
Jul 21 1885
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Paper, paint
Measurements
24 x 14 x 1 3/4" (61 x 35.6 x 4.4cm)
Description
Trout assigned his rights to Horace S. Wendell, of the same place. His patent intended "to illuminate the paper by applying to its entire surface an adhesive liquid - such, for example, as silicate soda - and then sprinkling or throwing over such surface small particles of a shining or glistening substance - such as ground glass or diamond dust - and also to do this at the time the ground-color is applied..." (Patent Number 322,507)
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Object number
2015.14.3548
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