DESIGN.

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M. 'L. FULLER.
DANCING DRESS. .

.No. 21,458. Patented Apr. 12, 1892.

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MARIE LOUISE FULLER, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

DESIGN FOR A DANCING-DRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 21,458, dated April 12, 1892.
Application ?led March '7, 1892. Serial No. 424,087- Term of patent 7 years.

To all whom it may concern. pent B, placed in proximity to the border of

Be it known that I, MARIE LOUISE FULLER, the skirt, and above the sinuous representa
a citizen of the United States, residing at New tion B is also arranged several sinuous rep
York, in the county and State of New York, resentations O. ' 25
have invented and produced a new and origi The design provides a novel and orna
nal Design for Dancing-Dresses, of which the mental dancing-dress which presents a dis
following is a speci?cation, reference being tinguishing and characteristic appearance to
. had to the accompanying drawing, forming the eye. The sinuous representations are
part thereof. shown as provided with eyes F and forked
10 This design has for its object to provide a tongues G. The waist H of the dress is pro
novel and ornamental dancing-dress, and the vided with sinuous representations I.
leading feature thereof resides in a dress What I claim is- -
skirt having sinuous representations there The design for a dancing-dress, substan
upon. tially as shown and described. 35
The design is illustrated by the accompany In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
ing drawing, in which the ?gure is an eleva my hand in the presence of two subscribing
tion of a dancing-dress illustrating my de witnesses.
sign. >
MARIE LOUISE FULLER.
In the drawing, the letter A indicates the Witnesses: . -

20 skirt of the dancing-dress, which is provided ISAAC N. FALK,

with a sinuous representation, such as a ser WM. 0. HAUFF.
 (N'o Model.)
M. L. FULLER.
THEATRIUAL STAGE MECHANISM.
No. 533,167. Patented Jan. 29, 1895.

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MARIE LOUISE FULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TH EATRICAL STAGE MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,167, dated January 29, 1895.
Application ?le? March 27. 1394. Serial No. 505,258. (No model.) Patented in France January 13, 1893, No. 227,105, and in
England May 23,1893, No. 10,221.

To aZZ whom it may concern. juncture of the re?ecting surfaces that form
Be it known that I, MARIE LOUISE FULLER, an angle, by preference, I provide a vertical
a citizen of the United States, residing at series of lights E E. Back of and around the
New York, county of New York, and State of said mechanism by preference I provide a 55
New York, have invented a new and useful black setting. Around the front edge of the
Theatrical Stage Mechanism for Producing mechanism, by preference, I provide a series
Illusionary Effects, (for which I have obtained of lights F E, which lights may be shielded
a French patent, No. 227,106, dated January from the eyes of the spectator, if desired.
13, 1893, and delivered April 8, 1893, and apat In operation, it will be clearly seen that
ent in Great Britain, No. 10,221, dated May when the dancer comes in front of the mech
23,1893) of which the following is a speci? anism and stands upon the dancing ?ooring
cation. B, which forms a part of this invention, at a
Myinvention consists in constructing anew point, for illustration, lettered X, the re?ec
and useful theatrical stage mechanism to be tions caused by the mirrors A A will make it 65
used in the production of a dance, said mech appear to the spectator that there aremany
anism having the effect of multiplying the dancers performing upon a large stage. The
re?ections of one or more dancers performing vertical columns of light E will likewise be
in front of the said mechanism, thereby pro multiplied, and the dancers will be seen going
ducing to the eye of the spectator an illusion through the various evolutions of the dance
ary e?ect. ~
among these various pillars of fire, thereby
In a modi?cation of my invention, I pro producing an extraordinarily beautiful effect.
vide a series of vertical lights which give the By preference, I use incandescent electric
effect of many pillars of ?re around, and lights, and, by providing various colored bulbs
among which the ?gures are represented as for the same, it is possible to instantly change
25 dancing. 75
the tone of the scene from one color to an
The object of my inventionis to produce other, and by combining the various prima- /
an illusionary effect to the eye of the spectator. ries other colors are produced. When the
My invention is illustrated by the accom mirror ?ooring B and the inclined mirror ceil
panying drawing, in which the single ?gure ing D are utilized in connection with the ver
therein illustrates a front elevation of my in tical re?ecting surfaces A A, and all in com
vention. .
bination with the rows of lights, the re?ec
A A are plates of glass, silvered on the back tions of the dancer will be increased many
so as to produce re?ecting surfaces. These fold and the illusion made more mystifying
re?ecting surfaces are set adjacent to one an and complete. To heighten the e?ect, all the
other and at an angle to each other, the ver lights in the auditorium may be turned 0E 85
tical edge or edges of each of said planes be and the only lights used should be those de
ing placed adjacent to each other, as shown. scribed in the speci?cation, with possibly the
Two or more re?ecting planes may be placed addition of a lime or calcium light applied
adjacent to one another and several angles from behind the wings of the stage.
may be formed thereby for the purpose of 9O
Several vertical rows of light E E are
forming a background of semi -polygonal shown and these may be used independently
shape. A mirror ?ooring B may be added or jointly during the progress of the dance,
within the space partially surrounded by the as desired. It is furthermore desirable, in or
background. A mirror ceiling D may also der that the number of ?gures may be com
be added. When it is desirable to use a mir 95
pounded, that the mirrors be so set as to re
ror ceiling, by preference, I place the plates ?ect into one another. It would be desirable,
which form the same at an incline, so that therefore, when only two plates are used to
spectators, who are witnessing the illusion set the said plates at an acute angle to each
from a plane higher than the plane of the other, thereby making it appear that there
?ooring B, will not be prevented from seeing are ?ve persons dancing while, in reality,
the entire background. At each vertical there is only one dancer performing.
 (O 533,167

Having thus described my invention, what toward the front of the stage, and with a ver
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat tical column of lights arranged at the angles 10
cut, is formed by the junction of the background
The combination in a theatrical stage mech mirrors, substantially as described.
5 anism of a background of re?ecting surfaces MARIE LOUISE FULLER.
placed adjacent to and at angles to each Witnesses:
other, with a mirror ?ooring and mirror ceil CLYDE SHROPSHIRE,
ing, said mirror ceiling being inclined upward HENRY PEARTREE.
 DESIGN.
M. L'. FULLER.
DANCING DRESS.
No. 21,527. Patented May 10, 1892,

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 UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.
MARIE LOUISE FULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DESIGN FOR A -DANCING-DRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Design NO. 21,527,.d8.ted May 10, 1892.

Application filed April '7, 1892. Serial No. 428,233. Term of patent 7 years.

To all whom it may concern. In the drawing, the letter A indicates the
Beit known that I, MARIE LOUISE FULLER, circular skirt of the dancing-dress, which is
a citizen of the United States, residing at New provided at its peripheral portion with a plu
York, in the county and State of New York, rality of concentric stripes Bof contrasting
have invented and produced a new and origi shades. _
nalDesign fora Dancing-Dress, of which the The design provides a novel and ornamental
following is a specification, reference being dancing-dress which presents a distinguish 25
had to the accompanying drawing, forming ing and characteristic appearance to the eye.
part thereof. What I claim is
IO This design has for its object to provide a The design for a dancing-dress, substan
novel and ornamental .dancing-dress, and the tially as shown and described. -
leading feature thereof resides in a circular In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 30
dress-skirt having at its peripheral portion a my hand in the presence of two subscribing
plurality of concentric stripes of contrasting witnesses.
shades. ' . MARIE LOUISE FULLER.
The design is illustrated by the accompa Witnesses:
nying drawing, in which the figure is an ele DELILAH R. FULLER,
vation of the dancing~dress. ` E. F. KASTENHUBER.
(No-Model.) _.
M. L. FULLER. I
MEOHANLSM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STAGE EFFECTS.
N0.'513,10Z. ' Pdtented Jan. 23, 1894. .

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 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MARIE LOUISE FULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MECHANISM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STAGE EFFECTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,102, dated January 23, 1894.
Application ?led October 12, 1893. Serial 110,488,005. (No model.) Patented in France April 8, 1893, No. 227,105,
and in England May 24,1893,N0. 10,301.

To all whom it may concern. between the ?oor A and false ?ooring B, is
Be it known that I, MARIE LOUISE FULLER, placed an electric. or calcium light which re
a resident of the city, county, and State of ?ects the raysof light directly upward through
New York, have invented certain new and use the pedestal, and through the central trans- ,
ful Improvements in Mechanism for the Pro parent portion of the glass plaque.
ductionof StageEffects, particularly of an illu In producing the illusionary e?ect, it is de
sionary character, (for which I have obtained sirable that the stage B upon which the ped
patents in Great Britain, No. 10,301, dated estal F rests, or the lower floor A, the back
May 24, 1893, and in France, No. 227,105, ground H, wings I and '?ies J may be of a 60
10 dated April 8, 1893,) of which the following solid color, preferably black, in which case it
is a speci?cation. will be readily seen that the pedestal F will
Figurel is aperspective view of a theatrical re?ect the black ?ooring inasmuch as the
stage setting, partially in section, to show pedestal,when made of looking-glass, diverges
the illuminating foyer below the stage. Fig. from the bottom toward the top, thereby af 65
2 is a vertical section of a portion of my infording to the dancer, a support that is in
vention by which an illusionary e?ect is pro visible to the audience. It will now be seen
duced. Fig. 3 shows a lighting device to be that the ?gure of the dancer clothed, pref
used in connection with myinvention, and erably, in white or in some color sufficiently
Fig. 4 shows a modi?cation of one of the de contrasting with the color of thescene, stand
20 tails of my invention. - ing on a plaque in the floor, or on a plaque
A is an ordinary stage ?ooring. on the top of the pedestal, will appear to be
B is a false ?ooring of glass, or wood and mysteriously suspended in the air. By turn
glass, in which latter case the wooden ?oor ing on the light from below and by illuminat
ing may be pierced with a number of holes ofing, if desirable, from the wings of the stage 75
25 any suitable size or shape in which may be by projected light, the ?gure will, as before
embedded thick and transparent plaques of stated, be apparently suspended in the air.
glass or lenses D D. Beneath each of these Graceful evolutions may be performed with
plaques, I place electric or calcium lights E out marring the illusion. The rays of light
so disposed that the rays thereof will be. coming up through the center of the plaque
projected upward by any suitable re?ector upon which the ?gure stands, will illuminate
through the plaques or lenses D D. At one the garment of the dancer which garment
or more points in the false staging I can, if will be re?ected by means of the looking-glass
desirable, place one or more pedestals F, each plaque G toward the observer, exactly as the
of which supports at its upper end a suit ?gure of the person and the garment moves 85
35 able plaque G. This pedestal may be of plain upon the plaque, the remainder of the plaque,
or fanciful form and by preference it is hol (providing the ?gure does not entirely cover
low and made of glass for the purpose here it) re?ecting merely the darker back-ground
inafter described. The plaque G, by prefer or ?ies to the rear and above.
ence, is made of glass andis preferably silvered If it is desirable that dancers perform on the
on its lower side, outside of the pedestal, the ?oor around the pedestal, the said dancers
back of the silvering being blackened for the may step directly over the various plaques
purpose hereinafter described. The center inserted in the ?oor of the stage through
of the plaque, or that portion directly above which lights are projected and the said dan
the pedestal, is preferably transparent. cers will seem to dance in a luminous aure~ 95
45 By preference the inner side of the pedes ola. It desirable, the Whole stage ?oor may
tal F, when made from glass, is silvered; the be made of glass, in which case the re?ectors
sides of the pedestal when it is silvered on the of the lights are pointed so as to re?ect none
inner side diverge from their lower end to ward of the rays toward the audience, in which
the top, as shown in Fig. 4. so as to re?ect to case all the dancers will seem to be sus
50 ward the audience the stage ?ooring. Under pended in space by reason of the transparent
neath each pedestal, in the illuminating foyer, ?ooring. It is obvious that when the entire
 2 513,102

?ooring is of glass, the illuminating foyer rests a hollow pedestal of looking-glass sup
must be of the same color as the drapery of porting a glass platform or plaque-G whichis
the stage setting. transparent above the pedestal and silvered
The object of coloring the lower side of the on all the lower side except that portion cov
5 plaque supported on the pedestal, as de ered by the pedestal, substantially as and for 25
scribed, is to prevent the audience from de the purpose speci?ed.
tecting the presence of the plaque from be 3. In a stage mechanism, a hollow looking
low. If desirable the false ?oor B may be glass pedestal F supported on the floor around
discarded and the plaques placed in the or a transparent plaque in the ?oor, the sides of
r o dinary stage ?oor. , the pedestal diverging from the bottom to
Having thus described my invention, what ward the top, upon the upper end of which
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat pedestal is supported a looking-glass plaque
ent, is- transparent directly above the pedestal, the
1. In a stage mechanism, a lookingglass stage decoration being of a plain color in
pedestal F the sides of which pedestal diverge combination with the illuminating device E, 3 5
from the bottom toward the top, supported on substantially as and forthe purpose speci?ed.
the stage, said pedestal supporting a plaque MARIE LOUISE FULLER.
G all adapted to producethe illusion, sub . Witnesses:
stantially as and for the purpose speci?ed. R. (J. MITCHELL,
2. In astage mechanism a ?oor upon which H. B. BRoWNELL.
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M. L. FULLER.
GARMENT FOR DANCERS.
No. 518,347. Pateted Apr. 17, 1894.

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 UNITED STATES j PATENT OFFICE.
MARIE LOUISE FULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. 7V

GARMENT FOR DANCERS. ,

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 518,347, dated April 17, 1894.
Application ?led October 12, 1893. Serial No. 488,004. (No model.) Patented in France April 8, 1893, No. 227,107, and in
England May 24,1893, No. 10,296.

To all whom it may concern. be straight, as shown, and, by preference, are

Be it known that I, MARIE LOUISE FULLER, provided at their inner end with a handle E,
a resident of the city, county, and State of although I do not limit myself to the use of
New York, have invented certainv new and a separate handle. These wands may be made 55
useful Improvements in Garments for Danc of any suitable light material, by preference
1ng, (for which I haverobtained patents in aluminum or bamboo. The outer ends of
Great Britain, No. 10,296, dated May 24,1893, these wands are, by preference, provided with
and 1n France, N0./227,107, dated April 8, the perforations or grooves F F to facilitate
1893,) of which the following is a full, clear, the attachment of the garment A thereto by
10 and exact speci?cation. sewing or other suitable means; . ,
My invention relates to certain new and By the use of wands connected to the dress
useful improvements in garments particu a double purpose is afforded. First, it facili
larly adapted for theatrical dancing and more tates the creating of the waving motion in the
particularly adapted to that class of dancing folds of the garment, and, second, it assists 65
known as the serpentine dance. the dancer in performing statuesque poses,
My invention consists of certain improve and in imitating diderent styles of wings. By
ments hereinafter fully shown and described, providing at the end of the wands a single, or
whlch improvements materially assist the double curve, it will be readily seen that by
dancer in posing, and, in causing, by move holding the wands aloft the garment will be
20 ments of the body, the folds of the garment spread out to give another form of wing.
to assume variegated and fanciful waves of I do not desire to limit myself to a straight
great beauty and grace. or curved wand for the reason that either
By this improved garment many poses and form of Wand is practicable.
movements may be executed which it is im In attaching the garment to the wands, I, 75
25 possible to execute with a garment of any by preference, gather, the garment into grace
other construction. ful puffs G G and secure them by sewing at
My invention is illustrated by the accom points adjacent to the perforations or grooves
panying drawings, in which in the wands above referred to. It is obvious
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the skirt. that these wands may be attached at any suit
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of an improved wand able place in the garment, but, by preference,
used with the skirt to facilitate the manipu I attach them near the lower edge and on op
lation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a posite sides of the garment at points adjacent
modi?ed form of Wand, and Fig. at is a per to the sides of the wearer, as shown in Fig.1.
spective view of a ?gure, clad in the improved When thus secured, the folds of the garment 85
35 garment. ' almost constantly entirely envelop the ?gure
A is a skirt which may be formed of sev during the dance and the manipulation of the
eral triangular pieces preferably made from skirt, although the said garment may be free
any suitable light ?u?y material, the several to open entirely in front.' \ I
triangular pieces being sewed together so as In hanging the skirt from the head of the
4.0 to produce a skirt very broad at the base and wearer, it will be readily seen that the curves
narrow at the top. The upper end of this or spread of the garment will have much more
skirt is affixed to a suitable crown, B, adapted radial latitude than a garment secured around
to surround the head and to be securely held the waist or close under the arms, thus per
thereto. This crown may be formed of any mitting the production of more rounded out 95
45 suitable material, but by preference I make and graceful evolutions of the garment.
use of a light material such as aluminum. By the use of a skirt of variegated colors
This crown may be provided with any suit-. in connection with white or colored projec
able means for adjusting its size. Inside the tions of electric or calcium lights, beautiful
skirt and attached thereto are the wands D scenic effects are produced. ICO
,SO D. These wands are, by preference, curved theIt is not necessary to have the upper end of
garment fastened entirely around the
or hook-shaped at their outer ends, but may
 (0 518,347
crown B. The front may be left open, so as
not to conceal the face of the dancer, and, if
desired, the garment may be caught together
at a lower point.
5 Having thus described my invention, what
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is-
As a new article of manufacture, a dancing
garment consisting of a skirt the upper edge
10 of which is attached to a band or crown-piece,
said skirt being open in front from the lower
edge to a point in the crown'piece, with two
wands one end of each of which is attached
to the skirt near. its lower inner edge, adja
cent to the sides of the dancer, the opposite I 5
ends of the wands being loose and adapted to
be grasped by the hands of the wearer for the
purpose of manipulating the garment, sub
stantiall y as and for the purpose speci?ed.
MARIE LOUISE FULLER
Witnesses:
R. G. MITCHELL,
H. B. BROWNELL.
 DESIGN.
Q M. L, FULLER.
DANCING DRESS. I
No. 21,526. : Patented: May 10, 1892.

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MARIE LOUISE FULLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DESIGN FOR A DANCING-DRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 21,526, dated May 10, 1892.
> Application ?led April 7, 1892. Serial No. 428,232. Term of patent 7 years.

To all whom it may concern. its periphery with a series of ornaments B in

Be it known that I, MARIE LOUISE FULLER, the form of conventional representations of
a citizen of the United States, residing at New pansies.
York, in the county and State of New York, The design provides a novel and ornamental
have invented and produced a new and origi dancing-dress which presents a distinguish 25
nal Design for a Dancing-Dress, of which the ing and characteristic appearance to the eye.
following is a speci?cation, reference being The dress-skirt is shown as provided with a
had to the accompanying drawing, forming cord or band 0 at its periphery; but this is
part thereof. not an essential part of the design.
IO This design has for its object to provide a What I claim is
novel and ornamental dancing-dress, and the The design for a dancing-dress, substan
leading feature thereof resides in a circular tially as shown and described.
dress-skirt having in proximity to its periph In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
ery a series of ornaments in the form of con my hand in the presence of two subscribing
15 ventional representations of pansies. witnesses.
The design is illustrated by the accom pan y MARIE LOUISE FULLER.
ing drawing, in which the ?gure is an eleva~
tion of the dancing-dress. W'itnesses:
In the drawing, the letter A indicates the WM. 0. HAUFF,
20 circular dress-skirt provided in proximity to E. F. KASTENHUBER.