New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-31
FURNITURE WITHOUT GLUE.
CHAIRS MADE OF BENT WOOD AND RATTAN

AN AUSTRIAN THINKS THE FORMER Is PREFERABLY
THE LATTER PATRIOTIC TIMBER.
"These chairs are practically Indestruct1ble,
said represenative OF the Vienna which manufsct-
ures tent wood furniture. he picked up chair ana
hused II on the floor with nil his might The chair
bounded high in the air. bat came back Into It's orgins
shape without a sgu Of u crnck about II anywhere we
use no glue, ana consequently our work stands any
climate he added Our firm were originally lumber
n about forty ago we went ins this KIND OF
work and eight factories In the Vicinity oil
Vienna turn from four ~ five thousand chairs day
The wood used, and It u the only proper one ls the
Austrian beech, a beautiful straight-graued wood
which Ia really the standard wood In Austria The
sticks turned down 10 the right size ma taper
steamed and bent the iron screws and sockets put In ana
the chair is ready TO be vanished and put together
used to take rs over do tho scaning and the
wood was weakened by the process Now we do II by
patent process in three minutes. and the grain II
actually closer and the VOID strengthened by
tho treatment Tbon tho arc put In While u
soft aud the wood fairly grows around them
I'VE specimens where we've had 10 dig the screws
ont You couldn't split the stick; jst like paper
pulp The wood shows any tendency 10 go back TO
its original shape ana IL never warps. All our work Is
hand polished. there If no sheao varnish used. By
taking the chairs apart three dozen be packed in the
,,,oe Of A cutie yard aud screwed together In q
few minutes after unrsckins. In price they
equal the ordinary domestic chair. costing
$50 n dozen. They arc finished IN roseWoOd.
soat mahogany and walnut imitation ooiors and In tho
natural beech color our chairs wcrcnroduced In this
country MT the time of the CONFIDENTIAL They nrst
us, IA saloons and oafes for they aro especially
fitted their indestructibtg coming In Fen In case OF
free fghl but they beginning 10 DO uod IN private
houses Besides chairs, we make Dednteads hatFa
radles lounge. and all sorts OF knionacks for the
Anstran market but II does not pay 10 expert them"
After leaving the Austrian the reporter wandered
aoWn into and listened 10 tho representative
OF a well-known firm of rattan furniture mhkeTh.
Rattan furniture Is essentially American insiiiu-
lion said fais dealer. occasionally We seDd few oil
the more costly TO England but the homo market
takes all that We supply. There are two FIRMS
Engaged I'm the business ia Wakefield and the other
I'm Gar finer Mass Our chairs cost from 50 TO $50 each
p,ttan IA also beginning to be used for doors
mating etc Mr.. Vanderbilt has IDS japanese room
tined with H. believe. Rattan grows Wild IN swainps In
tue East Indios. where no white haH ean I'VE AZ tue
iants row leaves aud sometimes flowers II cut by
The natives all Oi the year ana shipped 70 VS. IN
twelve feet lengths Tar smallest size 10 OF
an inch In diameter and costs dollar pound lT0m
mis- N runs 20 ~ cents pound for fht about one
half inch diameter aud thea the price goes ny 70 ~
cents FOR tue largest which never exceeds AL mon ~
nm bark forms the cane that IS woven into seats. the
pau nIrnlshes skeleton OF the char This steamed
aud then bent tine is woven about II " manu- ad
the char h cumpeted with n coating VI shean The
bniuess OF importing rattan Is large The firm which
controls the started with $1,000 capital IL Is no.
wood furniture. The chairs the most uncomfortable
thugs ever created. aud they're homely No rail
fsncc They can build them In only Que style The
rattan chair is ony thing for patriotic American
! 10 alt ln." -. -.
The firms that manufacture furniture ont VI rattan also
usa WILLOW for the same purpose. TIE process 10 Sim AR
IN every respect excepting tho Finishing GOAT OF sheiso
yarr,ish witch 81 omitted when willow IL used Tue
sano material l. employed In Madeira for making furni
Iur aud knicknaoss, and at one time tho goods we're
unorfed y large nrm ia Grand-st but the styles DID
moi take aa well those turned out by American
makers and now only brought 70 this country
BIZ ship cBptans who wish 10 MI Ont thor cargo VIII
| stfns fight but bulky merchandise.