GB Patent: GB-179,201,918
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| Manufacturing panels for coaches, tables, and other furniture
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Patentee:
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| Henry Clay (exact or similar names) - Birmingham, England |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Nov. 20, 1792 |
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Patent Specification
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Description: |
| Henry Clay, described in the patent summary as a "japanner," is remembered as a manufacturer of elaborately shaped and decorated papier-mâché trays. This patent covers the use of slate or similar stone to make panels for carriages and furniture. A panel of slate is ground flat "in the manner of plate glass" and then they can be "japanned, painted, gilt, varnished, or otherwise ornamented". |
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