.v IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) i 6" l-U ■1.6 f-v ^ ii(ii!^r<;iijRii « .Sciences CGrporation 33 WIST MAIN STRIIT Wn$Tn,N.Y. MSM (71«)«7a-450» — ¥(^°^ 'o-.^'^.^ ' quality legibility th« Th« ImsflM appMrlng h«r« arc th« pemibia eonaidaring tha condition of tha original eopy and In- kaaping filming eontrapt apadficatlona. Original eopiaa in printed papar oovaia ara fNmad beginning with tlia front eovar bnd andiifg on tha iaat paga wHh a printed or lUuatrated Imprea- •Ion. or tlie back cover whtn epproprlate. All ^her originel copiea ara fiimed beginning on the , f Irat pege with e printed or iiluatratad imprea* • •ion. and ending on tholeat page whh e printed or illuatrated Impreaale^^ . L'axefnplaira fllmi fut reproduif gr g4a4ro«itA da: la bibliotMqua dat Arfehivai iMtionMai dii Canada H* la X i Lea |ma^ aulvantM ont 4tA raproduitas avac la plus grand soin. compta tanu da la condition at . da la hattet* da I'axemplaira film«> at an confbrmif* ave^ lea conditions du contrat da fHniage* •mplelrea orlglnaux dent la couvartura an papier act ImprimAa sent film«i wn commancant par la premier plat at an tarminant soit par la dami4re pege qui comporte unt amprainta d'ImpriMaion ou' d'iHustration. soit par la second plat, aelon le cea. Tousijes autras axemplairas origineux sent filmte en commandant par la premlAre pege qui comporte line amprainta dimprasslon ou -d'Hfustrstion et tt tarminant par la 4lemMre page qui comporte una taHa ;^ The leet cpcorded frame on eech microfiche shell contein the symbol •■»' (meening "CON* TINUeO"). or the symbol ▼'(meening "END"). whicli^«rer eppiiea. Mapa. platee. clwrta. etc.. may be filmed at different reduction retios. Those too lerge to be entirely included in one exposure ere filmed beginning In the uppei left hend comer, left to right end top to bottom, ee n»eny framea aa required. The following diegrema llluatrate the method: r "Un daa symbdes suhrents spparaltra sur la dai w l i ia imege de cheque .piicroficha. talon le cea: la symbols -^ signifie "A SUIVRE". le symbele ▼ sigoifle "FIN". Lee cartaa. planches, tsbieeuxi etc./peuvant Atra f llmte 4 das taux de rMuctlon diff Arents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour fttre reproduit en un soul cltch4. 11 est film* i partir da Tangle eupArieur geuclie. de gaucl^ i droita. at de haut an baa. an prenant la nombra d'images nAcessaira. Las dlagrammes suivants llluatrent le mAthode. • / 1 o __^> . A >^ ' ' \ 3 «9 3¥ ♦ :.«*■ \ . „ .. i^ji.. --M, ■"Si "». t , ~fci.v»%S»iZS-~'. ji'^ ^-^f*?'3f«pi!P^ „\-' •^'TTI \^r ,y", 1 -3i. , t^^ ^4 .*" w / ^ t^HK--**^*^ Z' ^■<^fi^ ■ fHV i . < 'k .nf \- -i •U ' "!>. *- / / ■*■ *'., / f »;yi..* .^ii^, '.'f? -■ * V ■^ 1/ V :7 K ■I . 1 I .. t L'onteiits. i The liistDry of tlic coiiniieiiofinent of Hk;. wall i)ai)ii- iiidtisliv in M.MTtnal ami a l>rk'f rtfLRiiCL- to its foiiiidcr. • ' ' ,, ■ ■ ■ A ,rs, from oiir owii4aclorv. , ICxtfnols from a well written history of the evolution of the Wall paper indTist through the elTortj* of l-Veneh artists. ' Some praaical iH.iiiters on the j.roper charaeleristfes of wall paper for (let"oratin« different nxmis in an artistic manner. A valuable room mea.surement tahle. I''oiir new designs of wall jKiper. - '' , ^ ■^, J* \ . ■ \ r ■ >. \: J^ V. A < -■ ' ■ » X H X ^' •J s- ■ X rt ' V ... '.^ f^ ^f^ . • ^ \ \ \ • "'., \ « « ■■ il ■ \ 4 , .• . ■ \ t i J . ^ -^^^S^Lli^-^^^^,^!^^^ • iu lifOLut-ttlTupl.,^ ''^: \""- '•• X } IntfoducStion. \ The fuiiiulation of the My M^srs. Watson tV MoAtthiir, and, in 1.SS4, came- into the liands of Messrs. Colin Mc.vHhur vN: Co. Mr. Colin McArthur is now sole partner. He commenced "the nianufiijL'turinK <)f wall paper in Montreal, in 1.S79, previous to whiclu date wall pa|>er,s were principally imiwrted from Great Urilain and the I'nited States. His tncrgy and genius in design have made his name famous. Mr. N[c.\rthur was horn in (ila.sK»)W, in i.s.^s. He is one of the mast pleasant aiiil appiV):ichal>le men' in Montreal, and as full of hiisinesx enterprise and 'entliusiasn\ as he manifested in hi.s younger days. The IukIi' .-haracter of the >;oo .-■ ■ ■' ■ ■ , "■•■■.■■■ 'v. ■ ' • ..'"'■" / ^ .-> , \ 'i ■ ' ' ' ■ / * • - ,■- \ \ . • . % ■ ■ ' ''/ HI;" 1 !• W^" 1 • "1 i^Hpft^' 1 ~ * 4 / * l>"- V •" -t"5#-^.- ^^Q- : ■ :'.■ I B-S. ■ / • ^^K^'' ^ ^^^K; • •?:•'■ - _ ^ ] i^ ► 0! '■£ H **! ■• 'J / \ ■ ■"■ "*^ l^^kL^ A r "^ '^ ■. ■ " " . (9 ,^ r • / ' * . ■ - ■ ■;■'■■ - ■ . ■■* . H m ,k • ■ '■.'■. i»'-- ' . ■ , .■• '". ■ ■ w . . • ' . '' ' '. ■ < ■ ■ ■, ■:.;: '4/ /'--^-A '.■;■•■■ ■: -v'a^-" . » ■■-■/■ •' ■ y ■ ; y ,;': % -■-■-■■,■ .-■/.■ ,t .- :■ ■ -. ^,^_— — - — »•■ ■■ ■^ . ■ .' ■ * ■ ■ ~ ■ - ■ ■ ;' *■ ■ . V, • , ■ '-■ ; •-■'•'• » S- : ■ ■* " ■ '■■. .■■ ». ■■'■".■'• » * , ^- ' /' ' * ♦-■• , ■ ■■- " ^ " . , y y . - ' »*• « K ji . ^V / .;'.? • ^ *«►*'. " " ■'.■■■ ■> . v Ns» '' „/■ ■ > '.^ ' I ; \ ■ ■• - - ■ ' <, : _,. -^ .. __ — ^^^ — - - — — ; — ' — .-- -^ ■-.;• •- -— — < "^' . ■ • .. •■..*^,: * ■ « ' ■ ' . - j '■/■ ■ fci ( -if ."' ^ • ,'' ■ • if: Fi ijPwW ." i — . I .; n. « ■■■"■■■■ , -■ : "^"■, I t- m f . ■■ •» r %."',' V ■ * * — - .V • ^ ■*■ *, '■ ■ .* « •» A - ;. - T» • \ « ■ " • 1 t •k ■ •> . v « tions, until every part of the Doiuiiiioii has been covered. The old premises were situated on Grey Nun Street, but increasing business made a removal necessary, and, accordingly, the present commodious establishmeftt, 15 \'oltigeurs Street, formerly, Molsons College, was secured. It is a four-story building,, two l^ndred and twenty- five feet by forty-five, equipped with all modern appliauc^s^ and machinery. All kinds of wall paper are here 'manufaifluretl, the nib.st *skilful artists in America being numbered among our sixty employes. The stock includes the greatest variety of wall papers, from the mo.st elaborate to the simpUtit'tleslglft. ■ At all exhibitions, local and foreign, where we have exhibited, we have secured first prizes, and the firm's reputation has thus been borne to all parts of the world. The success of the exhibits at Antwerp and Trinidad was specially conspicuous. ^.-■- . ; ""."• - • * ■ , ' " - ™-«j| * '^ ,^^ir..,i ■ • ■ i * • . i • t j*!*^ A .....l,". H THK I'ACTORY— RivKR Sum Vikw. 6 '^'- ^4 / . « y % . 1 r Y^- ■ How Goods are Made; I' . 1 r A wall paper faclory seen in full operation is a most interesting sight, with its wonderful machinery and ingenious and intricate contrivances for carrying the finished wall paper glong the racks, on which run parallel chains, in sets, each set of chains going slower than the preceding^ j»ne. This system of chains allows tl>e freshly printed paper to run quickly out of the printing machines on to the first set which goes fast and is then transferretl automatically to a slower set and by the time that the wall paper has reached the end of the rack, it is thoroughly dried and ready to Ije reeled into rolls as we see it in the retail stores. The wall paper is suspended from the racks by sticks which are fed out to the chains auto- matically from boxes which have only to be kept full and " they d(> the r>j;-t." The Tirinting machines are by far the most important to see, and, \rithbut a thorough examination, it is impossibly to understand how such intricate combina- tions of colors can be laid so systematically. The tour of the fadlory commences in the basement. At the west end, is the engine room and tlfc grinding^ mills, and we begin our inspection there, after which we pass into the boiler room, but the hot bla.sts from the fires quickly decid^ us not to H 1 i • - b *~ -~ * *" .j :■ \ ^- , : \ ■ k ■ t \ : i \ :. " • ^s^mmm&^sm, ^«i'& ^i^ISiS / I % ^ x"^^' ■\. ■ / / / /, r U' 7A' f'V u^ ^ ■ ' \ • \ Mk. Cki.in .McARTIII'R. I'RIVATi: Ol'l'lCK SlK. 1). J. .McAktiuk. , >-A. v — « #».- % "^^ " ) ■^ \ X, N, ^\ i ■ i ■i lin};er lit-re and so we direcl our steps towards the color niixiiiji; department. Here ; all colors are mixed in hulk, sieved, and then run iiito larj^e vats after coming out of the Griiidinj; Machines. All orders for colors wanted for the machines upstairs come over the telephone with which the different departments are connected and! the colors are delivered by elevator to the different flats. JJext we visit the printing roller storing vault in which are stored several thousand rollers which have to he kept in as even a temperature as jK)ssible, otherwi.se they l)econie warj)ed and useless. These rollers hy the way represent quite a small fortune. The whole ea.st end of the ha.sement is used as a store-house for the paj)er stock as received from the pai)er »nills. It conies in rolls of about one mile long, and there are always about fifteen to twenty-five car loads in stock during the busy sea.son. / „ i_ The first floor above contains the offices,, priqtyig roller cutting department, .sample room and warehouse ; here all the maniffat^urcd stock is stored and packed ready for shipment. . > In the shipping deixirtment we observe goods ready for shipment to all parts of the Dominion of Canada, Australia, Tasmania, New-Zealand, South Africa, West ■ ^ V \ ■/■ ' / ■ ■ : » 1 / , '.-' -f , / • • . i r r,T''\" : '« • ■ - f''- ---*--- ■.,A . ■ _ ,..^ ._ ' ^ ' - -■- '■ - V ■V . *. .: -.,.,f. ... 'j. , ^ • • * , ' 4 taiA.v--- .«:„^ hH jrVf~- */*»^,, *■ . ^rf-^;.*--*-'*-^ *^-'*- w# --■f*. *>*^.,^i ■-. / ■ ■ ; - ■ - • • ' , • ■* ',■ 4 ■ *»^_.r ■;, ^fcj.^ "N. "tr,-% 4' <"•' \\- ^ , f '^if ^'' •*:-r ^ \ H:. ^^ %- ^ • t I Indies, Trinidad and South America, United States and Ivurope, in all of m| Countries the firm has an established connection. The roller cuttinjj department is very, interestiiiR as this work rc 4 .■; ■ J"' . ' -\- > ^ * GENERAL OI'FICi:. V.. -^-~~-\-~-^- 11 r-' : «» The total daily capacity of produdtiou of the fa<5lory is sixty thousand rolls. On the fourth floor are situated the embossing room and artist's studio. Nearly all InAe goods are embossed, thereby giving the paper a'very fiiie appearance. In the studio we find the artist hard at work, transferring each section of the design, according to the colors, to separate rollers ; they are then sent down to tilt roller cutting department to be cut, felted and finished. This establishment uses about from six to seven tons of pa{)er a day and draws all its^ supplies from Canadian paper mills. It is generally accepted that wall paper has only been made by machinery for about seventy years and was first produced by a firm in Lancashire, England. This firm, which was engaged in the manufadlure of cloth hangings, began experi- menting with paper about that titne, and discovered that paper hangings were much cheaper and looked as well, and were therefore more acceptable to the general public. I . J- Jl- ?^»n^ ' j rjMa^^K tgiij."'»aig! W.L I vi i -^ wi «>. i . ^j. ^ '," /■■ nFSTr.NFB'S ROOM Jt4, ■m- ■d- ■■■ ■ ■■j i .aV*.. .. • ■ ,V ' . ■ ^---Tv V ::^V^ \ '•"•"••r Vjf i niMr i tir.i t o ■IMIMHB y u . 1 N-- . ( _ ...„, .^1 . ■■■ ii t - ,1 it V Important Fa6ts Worth Consideration. . 1 ■ 4 Of all the great and growing industries of ontiage none has advanced more extensively and with more rapidity ^han that of Wall l*aper. The variety, beauty and attractiveness of its produtfls aresof such a nature as to coniniand the alteiilion and admiration of all interestecl in t|ie general growth of Art and Science. As a fadtor fn beautifying and decorating a home, Wall Paper is now indispensable, not only to the superb mansion of the millionfiire, but to the humble cottage of the day labofei-. Its wide and ever-increasing use ncft only lietokens the marvelous growth in wealth and numbers of our people, but 4lso theii* advance in the use of the beautiful and refined. I To enable j'ou to intelligently and satisfadlorily answer such queries as a purchaser may put to you concernihg our great industry, we publish and present to you this compendium. "* ' Our great jiuccess in the Wall Paper Trade is to be attributed to the keeping up with aifd bfeing a step in advance of its steadily growing demands^' AVe have spared neitlver time, labor or money, in procuring the best that was to be had for the present and devising improvements aiming to meet the more exacting dematfds of the future. ^ \ * '5 It t ■X t tvj 1 ., THfi ROIJ,ER CITTING DEPARTMENT. 4^ 1^ •^■,.' sy V i MMM^i^ K I ' f. . ' i V i The pr.' '/Hi: COLOR BLK^blNG DUPARTMENT. , ->.7 1« t ,-rr-"^ \r . ^ '^ ( %i\ .#■ '% ff I-., ! Jgw^,si<«»» \ .M^t Wall Paper — How and Where it was First Made. The primary law of decoration is the law of echo or repetition, a prominent color appearing once, ought to recur again and again in a somewhat different ^ay. All races, in whatevpr -stage of barbarism or civilization they may be found, have in some manner manifested the in-born desire that exists in them for bright, pleasing and varying colors, from the ferocious, nomadic Sioux Indian on the trackless prairie ■ ,to the highly-refined, a-sthetic PVenchnian, enraptured with the dazzling splendor and magnificeiice of a Parisian art gallery. The discrimination and taste displayei^ ■ in the selecflion and use of color go far towards indicating to what stage of civilizatioii the people using it belong. Evidence of man's use and appreciation of color is to\ be found in every work of his hands, from the earliest dawn of history up to — the very latest day. The rainbow in the overhanging arch of heaven, in all- the beauty, grandeur and diversity of its coloring, must have originally in.spired him \ with this sense of enjoyment tn rich colors, and induced him to spare no efforts in his endeavor to reproduce in Art this magnificent, harmonious, i|[iany-lined work of Nature. Amongst the early peoples, the Egyptians in a marked degree sliowed a love for rich and pleasing col6rs, and to them may be historically traced the introdu<5lion oT multi-coloring in the interior decorations of their homes. Over ■*■■ ... '. ■ - }'' .,.',i'A./,-r.r-, ,' ■ ' f * 19 . . ■ ,. \*--^-^^ , —- * \ - ' * ' . ! ' "■'" '- ' ' ■ ' ' • ■ "^ . • ■ A. ''M 'Vy /J^Mfe ,'*:'= "Wt .«■'- f 'm 'TfS'- '■ ■ -.•** ■ . - :-""''■' ■/■■.■. 1 . "", ■ -r ' . _ _ t ■.■■■>.■.;■'■ , , '.'■■■ • ^ . * ■" * ■ "^ ■ • ■ . ■ ' . 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The polished, chaste, art-loving Greeks, cultivated to a remarkable extent the art of . decoratioiiT and," though marble and bronze were the prevai4ing materials used in interior decorations of their homes, the painter's art was freely calle'fl into 'requisition. As tlie civilization of Kgypt aiid Greece decays and gradually perishes, and the course pf empire" westward takes Its way, we find the sceptre^ of power and progress traifsferred to England a»m Frailce, ami with them all the' desires and tastes naturally arising from their po.sK»ssion. That these great nations displayed a constanUy increasing and insatiable desire to make the homes of their great and opulent beautiful and . attradtive, interiorly as, well -as exteriorly, decoratively ai» well as architecturally, the magnificent baroniaf castles of luigland and chateaux of France amply testify. The invariable wall decorations in rhe.se noble structures were cloth or tape.stry, subsequently superseded by Wall Paper, and which is now - for innumerable reasons destined to remain for time uncountable the standard article, for.interior wall decorations, unchanging in kind, though everclianging in degree. --^-*- \ \' 121 i V- -A 1 '*>iv. mi.::: i^ ■%II^IM!K V • * * \ •A - .. ■' y* * • 1 i •"''i^ » 1 t • - ' ' ■ ■■ V « '' ■ - t • k 4 » i' • f \ - 1 It « .._„^ 1 ii > H f pgwnffifffliTira, ,,,,■■.-, .■■■-■--;,- - — ■ ''"'BWI'g ^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ■■■ ^^^^H ^^H ^^^H 1 f^^*^. ■ ,-■. . ".•■.;-'-" .'■ "^. ^t^" ^^H ^^^^^H I ^^H ■ ■ ■ ,» ■■ II ■ ■ . \. '■^ ■* ■ ■ _■ . " i> 1 4 -1 1 ' , . ■■I'/f \ ■\ ■ " ** ■ ■ ■.<^" ': ' •-•>!•' iv ' r ■■ ■; ' . ^ (':. '■.'■-■■■ \' .,'■.'• ■ •• . 1 • - ' ' ■ ^ . i 4i . / "■ 1 ■ ■ ■ ' ■• ■•K '. ■ * * . * ■ ;' .■*' ■^^ w ". ''- « ■ , ,-■■■■ . ■ . . •**.» \ : .. ; .<.= 1 * 1 ■ -' 1 v. . / -■ \ ■ - ■" . . ' ' ^ \\ . . 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Until this period, ¥i^all Paper as a tlecoratio'n was unknown in Europe, though its use as such , amongst the Chinese and Japanese is established tf a certainty. The manufacture of paper hangings, tliough by its European origin belonging to the seventeenth century, may be fairly classed an?ongst the creations of the nineteenth." The few attempts — more' or le.ss happy — undertaken by L,e Breton of Paris about 1680, and by the dynasty of Francois at Rouen from 1629 to 1750, can scarcely constitute a reg- ular indu.stry. The dominating idea in thel minds of the Francois, who, as their first workmanship bears date froni 1629, may be considered the advance inventors, was to imitate the woven tapestry wi!h which walls were then adornetl. This material was so costly that a good imitation could not faiil to enrich the inventor. Consequently the Francois (prospered beyo'nd their most .sanguine hopes, and founded a family which becameSillied with the crfiim of the iaristocracy of F'rance, the last male repre- sentative of which was guillotined during the terrible days of the Great Revolution. / ^ ■^ , ^ a ^ . :,» - ,.. ■,.. . . 1 e> 1 1 . ' \ _ « » ' - , ^"^ --- - / • It /^ '^-^^ ^ ■ * ♦ • 1 . ■ ... - - r ■■ u.. ■ . /;■ ■'■■ ■■ .■; , ■ ^ \ : *■ ' * ','■•'■ , . ■ ■ J .. \ ■ '. ■ ' ■^ ■■ - 'It ) i. ' ■ ' * ■ ' !/ f i. / • ■ 1 , : .,,>• ■ : ■ ■ '. ■ • . .: ' i ' ■■ ■ ■■.-"...'. * • « ..ft f> ■ » .-.■'' 4 : :..a-- . I ^ / ;. .^;-'.- • ../•;■'■" .. * / f \J - - ' ; ■ / e f / -» < ■J *■ i ^ if ^^. . "...1 ;i ... ■ i f V ■ 1 i '— -:V-;- • . ."„-. „'<| ^ u--.- > 12-C()I/)R I'RINTING MACHINE-Side Vibw. 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F-"— " •- ^ ^ '■'. - . / ;•■ '■'■'!. ■■'■ ' ■■■■/:'■" ^1^— '* 1 ' , ./ ■ • M '-.p^"/.. f ..• ' f V ^ " ' ^ ' ■ i ■ .„.....•■•■:■ "> " ' '•■----' - -' i- ■ ,„.,.— "■""' 1 — • — \ ^- - > t -aa»- ii.f ' \ . L -,.. ■■ '"- ;■ ;-• • 4. 1 * ^ .mo^' "' ■..- ■' 1 k>. ^^ .^ ^HB^ffi^ \ .] -:e 'f,?^»%5f'i?^3'!wi^^*f'^'> . ' fpf<.-vf,w^jr-g!'-i''->'mt These Rouen artists had a specialty in velvet papers made with wool powder, which was spread by means of a sieve tipoii a newly-made paper which hatPbeen snfficiently dainped with oil to insure the adhesion of the wool. They attained the art, so say the authors of thp day, of reproducing the Flanders foliage, and Civen the beautiful figures of the Gobelins aird Aubusson tapestries. The most serious difficulties they encountered were in the preveiitiou of dampness and ability to fold the goods which »for purposes of transportation had to be rolled around huge cylinders. The artisans connedled with this, early French institution called then^lves "master paper-stainers.'' It was not until about ^he year 1760 that tlie use of Wall Pgper in France became popular, and lai^ely the substitute for wovtfn tapestry as a decoration. At thi.s period Jtevillon established at Rouen the first Wall Paper inanufaclory, ami ere long its produ(5ls became noted for their utility, adaptabilitjrSind' beauty. Its advantages in cost, the eaiS&^'Jth which it was handled, the fraifuency with which it could be changed, and many other advantages over tapestry were speedily recoghi/.ed, and it all at once became .staple and popular. f , as X .\ f... i V If 41 _*_'■ I -' «p ^yf''.\-\'''- ■-■■'' : ■ 'TV', :•;■..: ■^■; , t ■ • ■■■•»-■■. 4t :. 'V'^l'^^> : X- ■ ,... - ■. ■ i ' > . . ' ^■- ^■-■■■'>'.;^- '-v.'' - ' r ■■ * " ! • 1 s .' ■■>.' ' ■ '■ . .^ ■■ T ' ' ' if w - [ ' i " , ' «• ■■..'. " ■ ■"- "■■ v-v 1 ^ - •;" • > , , ■ ■*■ '■ 1 " . ' "^^ • .' . 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There is a very jreneral timidity about the use of colors frequently asserting itself ill the choice of tli^ purchaser. People, on the whole, love color even on others' walls. A rtwni is occasionally to be .seen which fairly glows with tich though snl)duecl colors, the effect of^the mingling tints changing with th% shifting of lights and shadows. It is a pleasure to the artisjjc eye to look into a room that is ill it.self a picture of harmony of color. To create this feeling, and assist such as are desirous of satisfying it, we offer the following suggestions respecting the decorations of the various parts of the interior walls: »l ■Jlk- , V .■ / « ■ >- '^ .' > / *• •v '' i 1 1 ,11 ^ W I ft W:. ■■■>* . ft* .■'(•■.-.•■■ -v-i(. -^ ;. \ ■ V: -•*■ [ ;:-»,_ ^ :.y . --. X a ":\ • ;. ' The. Hall. ' Tlfc hall being the entrance to the a),ome, and not intended as a part to be occupied, ought to possess an air of elegance and dignity, arresting the attention of the visitor on entrance. The hall, vestibule and staircase hall should be treated in rich and heavy colors ; the designs may be GrSek, Arabic or geometrical ; nothhig of a floral charadter should be used. To impart a pleasing eflfecft to the hall, the ceiling and border or frieze should always be a perfedt match with the wall hanging. Anaglypta is the finest fabric in the world for high-class hall decorations. /- K. ?\ The Parlor. This room ought to ^^resent a bright, airy and chperful appearance? There is a growing tendency to return to white and gold ; to those whose tastes are thus inclined we strongly recommeW our Ivory-finished Papers. _ The tendency to colors or tints ateo widely obtains jn pinks, yellows and faint greens, in the Rococo, 'Colonial and Adams styles; klso scroll patterns of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, all of which we m'anVifadlure in. complete combinations. .1 ' '.fr^ -4- ^ **■■ -T-rv" .A) •*»•" ■■■| ^- _-. '^ ''■' >M»^W- ^1* J1 J I f ^' /^ ■Ai The Library. "• \'arious' shades of iBrown, Cliocolate, Sepia, Carmine, Maroon, Old Green, Olives, Hliie-gray, Terracotta, Old Ivqt^ &c., are suitable for this room. Large figures are recommended. Ingrains are quite appropriate. Ceiling decorations are appropriate. " '. ^^^IP' .'.:. •■■';:}■•-'■, ■ / ^ The Dining-room. ^- This room should be papered with bright and ricli hangings in Anaglypta, iroperly decorated, Leather Papers, &c.. This rooni should be light and cheerful, showy yet refined ; Roman or Renai.ssance style of ornaments are proper, with wood moldings and heavy .styling with panel ceilings. The carpet being dark, the color should grow gradually lighter to the ceiling. A roonj decorated adfcording to this style will please the most fastidious. I ■oir i«^ / \- . -fc- : .^ ■ 'tk' ■-%i' ^ . ;' ' ■. ' i .' .:^ '"' ' » ■ , «' 4 i i ,-■, ' ■/■„::■/■ ■ r* " ■ - ■ ■'.■.. ■> ''.' t : ■ 1 ,» *,. ■ - " "- " , - , , • ' ^ ' i^. ■■ / ■ ■..■/- . ■. 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A large and varied line of these papers, in complete sets or combinations, are shown amongst pur produdlions. ^ ' The Bath-room. This room, like the kitchen and laundry, should be pape1-ed with suitable papers. Varnished Tile-papers are especiallj^ adapted for all such rooms ; they are very durable, will resist moisture, and can be thoroughly cleaned with water and soap. These papers have, been on the market for years, and are constantly growing in popularity. u i \ .. • - ^ ■ ■■"%■ ..„..*.. / . ■ * ( f ■. • • \ a h iJfc ■' • t 33 > 1 ' ^.-^ :- : Jk:'^\ -{•y^:-^ ■" ■ ■ , -'^ .;. • ^ \ \' " ■.;■ ;■■ » : . r .-. '*i .„. 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