Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-09-10
Manufacture of Wall paper.

The manufacture of wall paper is carried on
to great extent in Philadelphia, and gives en-
ployment in some half-dozen establishments to
/ 800 men and boys. The quality of the paper
made there has reputation which extends over
the entire Union, and in many instances 1t Is
preferred for beauty and tasteful designs 10 that
imported from France. Until within the last
few years, all wall paper was made by hand (;
but now very pretty and cheap paper IS Proauc-
ed by machinery in two of the Philadelphia FAC
tories. The mode of making paper by machln-
erv and by hand is as follows The paper, IN
tonah state, when taken to the factory 1or
printing is first coated with white clay, obtain
ed in New jersey. This clay is ground very
fine and then made soluble. The paper Is tnen
passed over revolving drum, the mixture being
put on by large brush, which revoives very
rapidly. The paper, as it comes from she neat
ed box, which extends the entire length OF tne
building, which completely dries it by the Tune
il reaches that portion Of the room. Inc 1acto-
ry of Howell g. Brothers is $50 feet IN length
II the paper is to be glazed, it is passed through
rollers made of stiff bristles. This mode OF pre-
pairing the paper is practised IN all estaohsn-
ments. 1t is ready to receive the coiors anu ng-
ures which fancy may dictate. II the paper Is
to be printed with machinery, rollers, having
the figures, flowers, or any other design 70 Do
printed, fixed on them with small Drass pms,
the interstices being filled with felt, are placed
in their proper places on the cyhnaer oi the
press some eight feet in diameter. AS many as
ten different colors can be put upon the paper
at one time, so accurate does the press "ork'
and the registering apparatus being so perlect In
all its details. There are two OF THESE presses
in the factory of Howell q Brothers, each
one being scapable Of printing lS,ooo yards
of wall paper per day. The paper passes
ND plane and then under the press oe-
tween that and the rollers, which are TO give IL
the various coors, after receiving which IL pass
through the heated boxes, and is then cut lnto
pieces nine yards in length, ready 1or use' In
other rooms the finer kinds OF paper are mace
by hand. One is devoted to the making OF Sel. |.
vet paper. Here the colors are put on win nat
blocks. the workmen having lever, moyeu ny
q freddie with the foot, to press the ol1ck SO as
to make the impression on the paper. tls Inen
passed through covered box, whlle Inc INK OF
color is vet wet, in which is quantity OF WOOL
ground yery fine A boy, by striking tne Dot-
tom of the box with stick, causes Inc paper W
be covered with the wool, and when IL is re-
moved, the portions to represent veivee are nlce-
" corened. In gliding paper, tne same process, M
SO far as printing is concerned, is iolowea. Inc
cold is placed upon the damp portions OF the pa
Der by boys, and the particles winch are orusn-
ed off are collected together and ground up lor
the purpose of making powder, to be used IN
the manufacture of bronze paper. In making
wall paper by hand, as it IS termed, q olock Is
necessary for each color and shaoe 70 Do piaceo
upon the and as these blocks locks nave 70 aO Dc
by artists our readers nrnacnp n1s paper De which, is
10 % nnrobossd ,nu hos at so small sum. The paper
made to represent oak and marble is furnished
by men who pursue only this branch of the bus
3sss ' the demand for it being so limited that it
would , not instify the regular manufacturers to
go to the expense necessary for its production.
There is no branch OF TINS % PbaSsSa ob wni and
IS ha the manufacturers become in the
sness Gness' thst aa great deal of the paper sold
Wholesale I0 dealers in New York isresold by them
M the nroduction of Frenchmen.