New-York tribune., 1871-05-12
UOPEN HIRE MATTRESS.

A popular and desirable article for house.
hold use must always have interest for our readers
This mattress, manufactured by tho Woven Wire Mat
trees Co. Hartford Conn the combination of under
mattress and spring bed and consists of fabric made
Of small wire springs about half an inch in diameter
which, in the process OF oOnR at the time In
terocked by curious and ingenious method of double
weaving This fabric cloth. which has great lex
hv and is capable OF being rolled into small com
pass, il stretched on strong ht attractive Frame
cs tension being given t,accOrng hard or easy
he'd T. desired The result is perfect sleeping arrange
ment of wonderful and comfort and ~ noise
less Indiarhbcr cloth. IL has been supposed that
some sort Of upright spring or an elastic STAT or The com
bnation OF the two was necessary to mako spring bed
but here modern ingenuity steps in and Tey0lutionzes
all our precOnceycd ideas giving us an article which
il IN fact perfect spring bed, without springs" In
lcxiby and elasticity the Wire Mattress is claimed TO
have no rival except the wafer bed the fabric adapting
itself every part of the body and resumrg s per
eCty surface the moment the pressure Is removed
One Of the mos remarkable features of this Wire fabric
is it's strength and durability We have seen at the Com
paEy Factory an ordinary mattress which we are a.
sured had been subjected TO the remarkable test Of 1000
Just as level strong and perfect If the test had been
an ounce instead OF half tun We were also shown
treS' which, tier two years use Is as level as those
Jl.t made me COMPANY guarantee taat these beds
sleeping arrangement at the end of that time when
r't purchased They are confident they VIII last for 20
each matre5s there are 400 sprais and 5000
feet of wire, each coil supporting and strengthen
in their confidence in their exceeding durability. The
ordinary Ia & I sGT + rs pn Put m aGi ot to ti
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sleeping purposes was soon apparent and ne Company
applied 1t in many other This metal fabric forms
perfectly easy bed with only the addition OF blanket.
This fact makes It, therefore, specially desirable for hos
ptal uses. and The thin covering IL easily airtd and
cleaused. The hospital corner OF Lexingon-aVe and
Forty scoonds Ncw-York is entirely iitted up with
the attractive complete beds which the Company make,
aud they have been found TO he invaluable Tho Hart
| ford Hospital, after testing Is OF them for many
| months ordered complete cunt OF 100 for their
building furnishing, the Surgeon in charge say
the finest outfit OF any Institution in the country
This metalcloh is constantly ventatcd,a blanket tur-
nishing sufficient warmth when the temperature is kept
about IS degrees in hospital, and no cOnagl0n or
oulneSs pOssiby iinger about it, The Company are
already hdiDg up Lake Erie and Long Island sound
steamer with them. AS the fabric constitutes the bot
tom to the berth, considerable expense Is saved, ana
there il chance for Vcrnin Of any kind If all that IL
claimed for The mattress for such il true, their gen
| cral introduction all our lake river, ana ocean
steamers as we'll as scepingcars, is but question of
time. Car-seats also manufactured, by which an
easy and durable scat j. procured with thin uphol-
sterng IT, u 10 generally known That the small
pr0t spring is weak 10 stand muCh use, ana needs
TO De replaced every year two II the tests the Com.
pany have given this fabric lair seats made or
this material would last for years For the good quail
enumerated c price of the mattresses do not seem
high and their exceeding durability makes them really
very cheap The Company have found the demand for
thcrma large. this Spring, that they have in
creased their facilities for manufacturing. and turn out
from 900 10 1900 IL month OF 25 varieties and 'tyios
readers referred to the advertisement OF the