New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-23
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR.
SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH DEPART
MENTS.
ARTICLES USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.


and all its complicated parts aud decorations Its beads
add knobs and rings cut turning lathe. II was
made at the Lawrence Molding Mil, and Is altogether
marvellous a work OF nice haldicraft. The most re-
markable table on exhibition is from the rooms OF
Drouhard and Roye. But the most valuable and per-
fecty article OF furniture in the building Ia
a bedstead and writing desk In one devised and made
by NJ sulzbacher Of No. 1876 Beecker-st. Conversing
with him. one may learn some of the marvels OF the
trade the methods and the varieties OF wood by which
the rarest effects in cablnet-wOrk are obtained.
The tree that furnishes the material most priced
for costly is the black walnut Mahogany has gone
Of fashion oak had temporary but was found
unfit for wood for the best class OF furn
IL is sufficiently dark But there q wide diff
ference In black walnut With the common, straight
grained free timber little be DONE except TO obtain
dark color in connection with tough. lasting material
But many trees will yield cuts where large limb
branches from the trunk, where the growth was
double, and the capillary tubes, that usually
run straight. suffered many curious twist and
became entangled and interlaced. Then again at
the root, just where trunk and root join
especially in rocky situations where the tree struggled
with difficulties and shaped itself rough surroundings.
very beautiful accidents OF growth to be found Wo
dwell Oh this for the benefit OF rural readers whose
farms black walnut them. IL tree Is straight
and thrifty. growing rich, mellow soils, the likelihood
is thai no precious coRvOuons OF grain WI be found
But II there rough buges and green knots about tho
1t may WORTH when sawed into yeneers OF OF an
inch the marvellous sum Of 81 50 square foot In the
desk alluded to, made by sulzbacher, lOo,@s
trees might be felled without finding such freaks OF
growth as he has wrought that job In one panel he
shows large butterfly, the outlines and much OF the
shading very natural. but all accident In another
the twists in the grain have made the face OF an OWL HIS
great dim stare at from the shining WOOD ana
in his hooked beak something like mangied buternys
struggling The woods used for the fine work here dis
played are walnut root birds-eye maple satin wood.
and
has this peculiar quality that exposure to the air changes
the tint pale pink through all shades OF crimson
and scarlet This the wood used in inayng roses. Oh
which some beautiful specimens are here TO be seen
These precious woods used solid unless 1t DO
for the of king the bedstead OF some queen
The timber 10 sawed veneers sometimes one eighth.
but oftener onesxteenh OF inch thick and the price
IL brings in NewYork from IL to 30 cents for square
foot Of the veneer Most OF the fnaid work is imported
in the veneer and costs 80 to 90 foot 1t is care
fully glued upon the face OF the table or desk and then
az carefully polished and vanished.
In making the top OF some Of the inald tables three
occupied month One takes the ground as tho
predominatng wood is called and cuts out the cavities
required by the pattern The other prepares the sma
coloed bits of rare wood that to fill these cavities
and up the pictures using box or satin for his yell
LONESOME birds-eye maple-tup wood for bordering.
and amarand OF various shades for his reds Green snd
blue are only coors that he cannot find IN nature,
but obtain by staining third artisan Is occupied
in fitting pieces into their holesand making them fast
MeD who can do tbs class of work well can commands $50
a week.
Much more popular in its designs and uses Is the port
able wainscotlng and the tesselated flooring This Is
by getting out strips Of wood two or three nches
wide and quarter OF inch thick. bolt OF cloth or
felt is spread upon large table, and its face THOR
oughy covered with glue The strips OF wood are set I'm
this glue upon the cloth side by sde with close joints
and IN opposing coors pretty and cheap contrast Is
made with pine and black walnut. As covering for
halls dning-rooms, stairs ami parors in summer, III
much handsomer and more lasting than any mating
aud il the felt is thick the tread is muted For scS
rooms and hospitals 1t superior every other material
carvings have been greatly multiplied OF late and
some elaborate specimens Of the art found in the Par
The workmen chse theseare mostly Swiss for that
nation has generations been noted for its patience
in delicate work and their hneness Of touch
In the same line OF production note Kaldenbergs
meerschaum.pipes Meerschaum is a white soft stone.
looking like nicer sort OF chalk 1t is magnesia with
slick and from chalk in two important respects IL
enough receive high polish and bear dresscarV
ing yet porous absorb OIL These qualities nc
1t any other substance for pipes as the oil of burn
ing tobacco instead Of being drawn into the mouth
where its action that of slow poison is taken up by
the body OF the pipe and serves to color 1t. good
meerschaum changes a few weeks OF smoking, nrst 10
mottledtstraw canary color and aterward TO
fine clouded mahogany tint Thus pipe OF this mate
RIAL when artully eoored by becomes precious
deriuy elaborate and artistic Sometimes the stem Is
the leg of an eagle and the bowl egg grasped by the
talOns Here we the brow OF beauty here the bag
gard ysage Turk and the largest aud most eabo
rate of ALL deep cut face OF Mephsopheles. Some OF
the finest specimens Of carving these pipes was done
by Master Kadenberg, lad only IA years OF age
For interior finish around fires and for tables, We 1nd
two stones, one yareGated specimen from Lancaster.
Pa. This is called the LeOeadia marble, and can DO
afforded cheaper and larger and more even slabs than
any other American marble In sreaks the yaregations
are peculiar and very pretty In the southwest corner
OF the building are beautiful specimens of enameled
slate The is soft clay slate easily cut when first
quarred but fast growing hard 1t is found in extensive
beds in Washington County New.YRk, and is used eI
tensiyely for filters bathtubs sinks aud cisterns win
dow-caps and ridges Of slate roofs. The Com
| many have discovered the art OF facing
it with a hard, durable. aud glossy enamel.
The surface after being flowed with the enameling
position is subjected for long time 10 high tempera
ure in kiln till the whole substance, slate and enamel,
becomes indurated, after shtea the surface is rubbed
down even and highly polished Here we may be in
duged in o suggestion to inventors Give the public,
gentlemen more popular substitutes for iron in
nection with heating apparatus The substance
monty known as soap stone is the most agreeable OF all
materials for communicating heat Here and there may
be seen stove fireplace made Of It, Yet great beds
OF the in Western Massachusetts and in Yer
mont iucompsrably superior iron and might
be- widely used, especially II by some process Ike tho
could be highly polished In the art OF enameDg
much advance has been made thin casting or iron IL
covered with substance that takes coors WELL yet
not be dented with the heel bsered by ordinary
heat Plates thus prepared used for hearthst0nes
and TO cover stairs that are much Fod Thin slabs OF
marble with casing OF bronZed iron serve the
pose stairs and replace stair carpeting with mate
rial much handsomer and more lasting.
In the minor points or house decorations notice
two improvements. Starrods made TO be