US230581A - Decoration of lamp-shades - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

A. E. SMITH.

Decoration of Lamp Shades.

No. 230,581. Patented July 27,1880.

Inventor.

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l fim N-PEIBRS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES ALFRED E. SMITH, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

DECORATION OF LAMP-SHADES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,581, dated July 27, 1880. Application filed April 8. 1880. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED E. SMITH, glass-decorator, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Decoration of Lamp-Shades; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanyin drawings.and to letters or figures of reference marked there on, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to anew and useful improvement in the decoration of lamp-shades, whereby I produce a new eifect, as more fully described hereinafter, reference being had to accompanying drawings.

Heretofore lamp-shades in general use,when made and ornamented by enamelor other decorations, have only had such decorations on the outer surface, and owing to the form' the beauty and effect is to a great extent lost or wasted, as the decorations cannot be seen when the shades are raised above the head, as is the case when used on chandeliers or in cars, where they are fixed high up to reflect and distribute the light.

1n the drawings, Figure l is avertical elevation of in y illuminated lamp-shade, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of my lamp-shade broken away to show its interior decorations.

A marks decorations of the lamp-shade on the exterior surface, and Brepresents decorations on its interior surface, which are adapted to combine therewith and form a new and complete entity.

When the decorations are formed on the interior surface a shadow is projected upon its exterior surface, which is plainly visible to the eye, even when the shade is elevated. Besides, the light projects across the lines of the figure before leaving the shade, and thereby illuminates them, and thus a softer light and in all respects a more pleasing effect is produced.

By this construction the heavy lines a may be placed upon the interior surface of the lam pshade and the finer lines 1) upon itsexterior surface, and the broad interior lines may be tinted to produce a pleasing effect in connection with thinner exterior lines ofa different hue. Besides, the white glare from the ordinary lamp-shade may thus be mellowed and a pleasing and beautiful effect produced by the reflected colors.

These decorations may be made in delicat tracings, or in any suitable manner or form to embrace all or a part of the interior and exterior surfaces of the shade.

It is found in practice that the interior portions of the lamp-shade when decorated with reference to its exterior decorations produce a new and beautiful effect without appreciably limiting the exterior reflecting-surface, and when the lampshade is placed in positionthe whole decoration is visible.

Having described my improvement, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A lamp shade or reflector haviu g the interior decorations, B, and the exterior decorations, A, in combination, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I at'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' A. E. SMITH.

Witnesses:

A. GOTTSCHALK,

FREDK. S. SHIRLEY.

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