SPURR’S TTE1TEEHS, 
 
 FOR HOUSE DECORATIONS 
 
 Are now manufactured with paper on the back. Since their first introduction, 
 this paper lining, with important improvements in machinery, prevents all 
 waste of material, enables the ordinary mechanic to successfully apply them, 
 and reduces the prices to the means of the masses. 
 
 The public is offered, as a decoration for walls and ceilings, Nature’s own 
 productions in her most attractive form: a pearl bird’s-eye Maple one-two- 
 hundredth of an inch thick, applied to the plastered wall, the scams matched, 
 forming perlect figures, ornamented with styles and designs in Satin Wood, 
 Black Walnut, or Mahogany, finished in oil, wax, or varnish, makes not only 
 the most durable but the must elegant and wholesome finish ever offered. 
 They can be washed, their rich colors being perceptibly improved with age. 
 Steam or furnace heat, dampness, or frost have no effect on them, the protec¬ 
 tion and strength imparted to the walls favorably impresses every one with 
 the economy and durability of this artistic mode of decoration, these are facts, 
 true of no other decorations. 
 
 Closets finished in Red Cedar; Pantries in White Wood, Brown Ash, or 
 Chestnut; China Closets in Butternut or Maple; Libraries in Mahogany and 
 Black Walnut; Vestibules in Black Walnut; Reception-Rooms and Parlors 
 in Silver Birch, Curly, Bird’s-Eye, and Silver Maple, Satin Wood, and blue- 
 and-gold decorations; Dining-Rooms in Oak, Ash, or Butternut. The most 
 elegant ceilings in every design imaginable, simple or elaborate, are being 
 finished daily, with the great satisfaction of their being unaffected by the 
 extreme heat to which they are subjected; while the smoke-stains, dust, and 
 dirt can be removed readily. 
 
 Elegant wainscoting finished in the choicest varieties of native and 
 foreign woods at prices the same as good graining, with superior advantages 
 to solid wood. Pine Doors, Pianos, Organs, Counters, Base Boards, 
 Well Rooms, veneered with these Wood Hangings, give the most perfect 
 satisfaction. Architects and Builders are all introducing them, and con¬ 
 forming their plans to this mode of decoration. These Wood Hangings are 
 highly recommended for Public Buildings, Railroad Stations, Bank, 
 Insurance, and other Offices, Stores, Churches, and Hospitals. 
 
 Boston, April 21, 1879 
 
 Charles W. Spurr, Esq. 
 
 Since the first introduction of 
 your -‘Patent Papered Wood 
 Hangings,” we have had you 
 supply over eight thousand (S,ooo) 
 feet of dado in BlackWalnut, White 
 Wood, Butternut, and Oak. We 
 have also used your Cedar and 
 WhiteWood Hangings for Closets, 
 Pantries, and Bathrooms. Vour 
 work has proved to be unaffected 
 by dampness, steam or furnace 
 heat, and, while the cost is far 
 below solid woed, you are enabled 
 to give us the choicest varieties. 
 The work you have just finished 
 for us exceeds in elegance of woods 
 and workmanship all your former 
 efforts. Accept our congratula¬ 
 tion in your present success, which 
 must rapidly increase with a gener¬ 
 al appreciation of the elegance and 
 durability of this mode of decora¬ 
 tion. Yours very truly, &c., 
 
 BOURN & LEAVITT. 
 146 Mt. Vernon Street. 
 
 TO HOUSEKEEPERS. 
 
 Don’t grain your white painted doors and base boards 
 or throw away the same, for you can have them covered 
 with Wood Hangings more elegant and durable. If 
 your paper is soiled in Hall or Dining Room, put on a 
 dado, which will cover up the soiled part and save the 
 rest. 
 
 They can be washed, and are unaffected by steam, 
 furnace heat or dampness. 
 
 Halls, Libraries, Vestibules, Reception, Dining and 
 Bath Rooms, furnished with these Woods improve 
 with age. 
 
 Dadoing on plastered walls. Bask Boards and 
 Doors covered directly upon the paint. “Hard Wood 
 Ceilings ” in every variety of light and dark fancy woods. 
 
 Estimates given on application. 
 
 All persons interested are cordially invited to visit the 
 mill, No. 522 Harrison Avenue, Boston, and witness 
 the operation of making these beautiful veneers. 
 
 Directions for Laying with Flour Paste. 
 
 The plastered wall should be smooth, defects filled 
 with plaster; sized with hot glue, i pound to pail of 
 water, then lined with Jaconet (i.e. thin cambric.) 
 Walls should be pasted, and muslin applied dry, pasting 
 on and down smooth, then dampen both sides of hang¬ 
 ings freely with water, and after they swell evenly, 
 straight-edge with shoe knife, use pure flour paste, and 
 rub down smooth. Sand paper after drying. Remove 
 stains with weak solution of oxalic acid. Fill and 
 finish same as hard woods. We use wax cut with spirits 
 turpentine for filling, adding Wheeler’s filling either 
 light or dark as the woods require, and shellac afterward, 
 white shellac for light, and orange for dark woods. 
 
 Long Panel Dado. Per running loot, $>i 
 
 Milford, Mass, April 17,1879. 
 
 It gives me pleasure to recom¬ 
 mend these Wood Hangings as 
 not only handsome, but exceedingly 
 durable. They have given me 
 entire satisfaction. It is nine years 
 since the Hangings were put on my 
 cining room,— Bird’s-Eye Maple 
 and Black Walnut,— and I cannot 
 5 <e but they are as good now as 
 v hen first applied. I regard this 
 as a severe test; for the room has 
 been in constant use by a large 
 family, and the walls were old and 
 not in very good condition when 
 the Hangings were put on. 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 M. A. BLUNT. 
 
 Long and Upright Panel Dado. Running ft $1.50 
 
 Upright Panel Dado. Per running foot, $2.00 
 
 ACENCIES AND DEPOTS 
 OF SUPPLIES. 
 
 CHARLES W. SPURR, 
 Sole Manufacturer, 
 Factory, 522 Harrison Ave. Boston 
 Warerooms, 200 Canal Street, 
 New York. 
 
 E. B. Paul, 252 West Fourth St., 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 Aug. Eggbrs, Bremen, Germany. 
 Eugene Zelbnkoff, 
 
 Panteleymonsky 14, 
 
 St. Petersburg, Russia. 
 Andresen & Drake, 9 Market 
 Buildings, William Street, 
 Melbourne, Australia. 
 
 Hazen & Compton, Valparaiso, 
 Chili. 
 
 F. Shultz, Maribo, Denmark. 
 
SPURR’S PAPERED VENEERS. 
 
 The attention of Organ, Piano, Sewing Machine, and Furniture Manufacturers has been, for 
 some years, directed to the use of these veneers, and the universal verdict from all who have 
 tested them is that they are superior to ordinary sawed or cut veneers. We cut veneers, thick 
 or thin, upon the same principle as hand planing, and it is a well known fact, that the thinner 
 the shaving, the smoother it will be, and it will dry quicker and brighter colored, with less 
 strength to pull, shrink, warp or crack. 
 
 In laying ordinary veneers, the glue penetrates more easily a cut than a sawed veneer, 
 (on the same principle that an artery, cut, bleeds more freely than when crushed,) and through 
 curly, because more end wood, than through plain straight-grained, and the thinner the veneer, 
 the more it will be injured by the glue. In all cases, the caul must be waxed, greased or 
 oiled, to prevent the glue adhering as much to the caul, as to the surface intended to be 
 veneered; both hot glue and grease discoloring the surface of the veneer, dulling the tools 
 used in planing, scraping and sand-papering, preventing the filling and finishing being absorbed 
 by the wood, making the process uncertain and unsatisfactory. 
 
 During the first six years introduction of papered veneers for interior decorations on 
 walls, ceilings, and paint, these papered veneers were used quietly by many cabinet men; 
 but it remained for the Smith American Organ Co., the oldest and most celebrated in the 
 world, to realize the value of these goods, and their claims for them have been fully substan¬ 
 tiated by every other firm of any prominence, and these claims are as follows: No waste or 
 injury in storage or careless handling; many sheets can be cut at once, without ruining 
 brittle wood; one hundred barrels of glue will lay as much surface as two hundred and fifty 
 with ordinary veneers; twenty minutes under pressure instead of twelve hours, keeping the 
 press going all day ; no delay for glue to set, but being immediately sand-papered, instead of 
 planing, scraping and sand-papering; less than one-half the amount of filling and finish, with 
 marked clearness of color and brilliancy; and durability under circumstances fatal to the 
 ordinary veneers and finish, from the absence of glue in the veneer or finish. 
 
 And it is not strange that they should stand, when you remember the test to which they 
 are put in house decoration,— for instance, sheets of Bird’s Eye Maple, twelve feet long, thirty 
 inches wide, jj- in. thick, cut without steaming, are papered and applied thoroughly saturated’ 
 with water until they are swelled to the extreme of expansion, or to the same width they 
 were when growing. They are then pasted with pure flour paste, and applied to the plastered 
 brick or furred wall, and they dry without shrinking. The pores of the wood remain open, 
 the power to contract being overcome by the thinness. By this process we have all the 
 beauty of the grains, and the advantage of a surface to receive and maintain a polish, without 
 the undesirable qualities of shrinking and swelling. 
 
 I would also call your attention to my Marqueteries. The ordinary definition of this 
 term means, artificial and natural colors marked, sawed or cut in, the aid of hot sand and 
 iron to shade, and dyes to produce the desired effect, being resorted to. In my method I 
 strive to get rid of the sawing or marking in of pieces, as these pieces are continually working 
 up and off, which is accomplished by marking in different transparent colors on one whole 
 piece of wood, dyeing the different parts, the whole making a flexible and durable veneer, -which 
 can be mailed or shipped. Laid with caul or rubbed on. French polished or varnished they 
 not only stand all our climatic changes, but the expert in inlaying is outdone and deceived. 
 
 It is claimed by all who have used these marqueteries and veneers, that many days time are 
 saved by the use of these goods ; time saved in laying in press, no time afterward needed for 
 setting and hardening of glue before smoothing, and one-half the nufnber of coats shellac or 
 varnish, means one-half the time saved. Wherever these goods are seen they are at once 
 commented upon for their rare beauty of color and finish, the high polish with one-half the labor 
 or material, being superior to the best efforts on ordinary veneers, experts in veneering mis¬ 
 taking columns of figured wood, for varigated marble, which they resemble in their purity of color. 
 
 We add a few of many testimonials and references received from those who have 
 practically tested them. 
 
 Dear Sir, — For the past five years we have used 
 your Patent Papered Veneers exclusively, and 
 with more than thirty 3-ears experience in the use of 
 ordinary veneers must cheerfully testify that yours 
 are more beautiful and moic durable. Nearly every 
 organ we make has panels upon which they appear, 
 and we don’t know what we should do without them. 
 We trust you will be rewarded for your ingenuity by 
 receiving all the orders you can fill. Yours trul)-, 
 
 THE SMITH AMERICAN ORGAN CO. 
 Boston, Sept. 17th, 1876. 
 
 Dear Sir, — I presume you remember how I stood 
 out about commencing to use your Papered Veneers, 
 and wh it I said about it. I now stand ready to sa)- 
 as much for as I did against them. The longer I use 
 them the more I ain convinced of the amount of labor 
 saved, and when finished the wood looks so clear 
 from the absence of glue upon the surface that I can 
 use no other while I can procure Spurr’s Tapered 
 Veneers. Very respectfully yours, 
 
 ORANGE MANUFACTURING CO. 
 Orange, Sept. 19th, 1S79. John Wilson, Agent. 
 
 Dear Sir, — For five 3’ears we have used your 
 Papered Veneers on all styles of our Cabinet 
 Organs, in preference to the ordinary Veneer. We 
 claim for them no injury in storing and handling, 
 great saving of labor, time and stock, in cutting, dry¬ 
 ing, smoothing, filling, and finishing, and also clearness 
 of color and durability. We can with heartiness 
 recommend them to all as preferable to the ordinary 
 Veneer. 
 
 NEW ENGLAND ORGAN CO. 
 Boston, Sept. 29th, 1879. 
 
 Grand Rapids Furniture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich 
 Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., Boston, Mass. 
 George Woods Organ Co., Boston, Mass. 
 
 Ernst Gap,ler, Pianos, New York. 
 
 Billings & Co, Pianos, New York. ., . 
 
 Bridgeport Organ Co., Bridgeport, Conn. 
 
 F. M. Holmes Furniture Co., Boston, Mass. 
 Hargrave Manf’g Co., Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Florence Machine Co., Florence, Mass. 
 
 Directions for Laying -with Glue. Spurr’s Papered Veneers and Marqueteries are laid in a 
 damp state, paper side to the glue. The surface to be veneered, should be true, and toothed. Caul hot, perfect 
 and waxed. Glue thinned to one-half that used on ordinary veneers. Marqueteries should have a thin coat of 
 white shellac which should be dried before laying, and have caul warm, not hot. 
 
Sq.ft. Fig’d Walnut 3 to 15c. Sq.ft. French Burl 101025c. Sq.ft. Plain Butternut 1 103 c ^ 
 
 "N Sq.ft. Rosewood 3i4toioc. r\ Sq.ft. Am. Walnut Burl 4 to toe. Sq.ft. Plain Walnut 1103c. f 
 
 SPURR’S COMBINED WOOD AND PAPER VENEERS. 
 
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 Sq.ft. Curly Silver Birch 3 to 7 c. 
 
 Sq. ft. Curly Maple 3 to 7 c. 
 
 Sq. ft. Chestnut 1 to 3 c. 
 
 
 ^ Sq.ft. American Satin 5 to 10c. 
 
 Sq.ft. White Wood it0 3C. 
 
 Sq.ft. Centennial Ash 5 to 10 c. 
 
 
 Bed Cedar 1 % to 4 c 
 
 Pink Bird’s Eye 3 to 7 c. 
 
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 Sq. ft. 
 
 Sq. ft. 
 
 Sq. ft. 
 
 Brown Ash 1 to 3 c. 
 
 Fig’d Mahogany 5 to 10 c. 
 
 Sq. ft. 
 
 Sq. ft. 
 
 Laurel Burl 7 to 10c 
 
 Butternut Burl 6 to 12 c. 
 
 Sq. ft. 
 
 dray Maple 4 to 7 c. 
 
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 Plain Cherry 
 
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 THE FOLLOWING PARTIES ARE REFERED TO AS HAVING THESE WOODS IN USE IN THEIR HOUSES. 
 
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 Ivory Bean,.676 Tremont Street,.Boston, Mass. 
 
 William J. McPherson, . 9 Dwight Street,. 
 
 William P. Wentworth,.8 Exchange Place. 
 
 John T. Clark.65 Franklin Street. 
 
 Henry D. Hyde,.. j^..662 Tremont Street,. '/^\ . 
 
 Bourn & Leavitt,.. ^k.146 Mt. Vernon Street,... 
 
 Samuel N. Brown, Jr . Dartmouth Street,. 
 
 J. Francis Goodwin,. W—,...._■. 12 Ashburton Place,. . .• 
 
 Asa H. Caton,. . j. .f'....i6i West Chester-Park,...^H.... MJt... 
 
 I. & H. M. Harmon..31 Pemberton Square, 
 
 Dr. Oliver F. Wadsworth,.139 Boylston Street,.... 
 
 C. U. Cotting.9 Tremont Street. 
 
 Julius Eichberg,.101 Pembroke^Street,... 
 
 Andrew J. Houghton,.— .'W....10 Claremont Park. 
 
 Wm. Timlin. ■/’>} . J'v -53 Clarendon Street,— 
 
 Dr. David M. Parker,.132 Boylston Street,— 
 
 Jesse Holbrook,. ^. .692 Tremont Street. 
 
 J. F. Timlin. .xj! . JJJF. .Warren Avenue,. 
 
 Geo. A Wadley,...:.473 Columbus Avenue,. 
 
 Augustus T. Perkins,.112 Beacon Street,. 
 
 Charles L. Thayer,.131 West Chester Park, 
 
 Mrs. Robert C. Winthrop,.90 Marlboro Street,. 
 
 William S. Rand. . .^....431 Columbus Avenue,. 
 
 Rufus S. Gilmore,..Sk” 10 ^ Dartmouth Street. 
 
 S. H. Munson,.119 Pembroke Street, 
 
 Orlando H. Davenport,.20 Waverly Street,... 
 
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 Grenville Whitney,. 
 
 r ..io6 Dartmouth Street,.A 
 ..9 East.Newton Street, 
 
 Uriah H. Coffin.. Yarmouth Street,.. 
 
 Richard C. Humphreys.Humphreys Street. 
 
 Joseph Morrill, Jr.61 Mt. Pleasant Ave.,. 
 
 Louis Prang.45 Centre Street. 
 
 Hollis Hunnewell,..315 Dartmouth Street, 
 
 Richard D. Goodwin,— . Jk-Townsend Street,. 
 
 Edward Sands,.91 Worcester Street,.. 
 
 Benjamin Estabrook.. M -42 Rutland Square, 
 
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 G. F. Williams,. 
 
 ...18 Worcester Square,. 
 
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 Philip Strauss.. W est Brookline Street 
 
 E. B. Studley..28 Springfield Street,. 
 
 Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.296 Beacon Street. 
 
 Charles J. Fox,...96 Pembroke Street,. 
 
 Cummings & Sears,..•••••9 Pemberton Square. 
 
 J, F. Bumstead & Co_.^..148 Tremont Street,. ./Lx\ 
 
 J. Montgomery Sears.12 Arlington Street,. 
 
 George H. Leonard..... ^. 42 Newbury Street... 
 
 Charles H. Knox....569 Dudley Street,. 
 
 Andrew G. Weeks,.. 14 Newbury Street. 
 
 Jos. F. Paul & Sons,.Cor. Albany and Dover Sts.,— 
 
 John D. Bates.161 Commonwealth Ave. 
 
 George W. Norris,.273 Columbus Avenue,. 
 
 Charles H. Adams._219 State Street,.... 
 
 Henry G. Parker,. JsGi .^Sk ” 2 35 Beacon Street,.. 
 
 John F. Anderson,. 7 .. ^k.185 Beacon Street,.. 
 
 Reuben E. Demmon,.109 Marlboro Street, 
 
 John L. Stevenson,.\ 1 .Rutland Square,. 
 
 Marshall Lincoln,.. Jr....21 Essex Street. 
 
 Henry Whitwell,.in Commonwealth Ave., 
 
 Mrs. C. C. Chadwick.69 Beacon Street, 
 
 William Gray, Jr.Howard Avenue..*..Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 Chas. H. Lawrence,.Summer Street. “ 
 
 Marshall P. Wilder,.. .. ...Washington Street, 
 
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 Russell Sturgis. 
 
 Jesse Tirrell,. 
 
 E Hamlin... 
 
 Henry F. Durant. -j... 
 
 George A. Alden.f 
 
 Charles M. Hovev. “ “ 
 
 W. Lord,.Newton, Mass. 
 
 Julius J. Estey.Brattleboro, Vermont. 
 
 
 ..Manchester, Mass. 
 ..Allston, Mass. 
 ..Winchester, Mass. 
 ..Wellesley, Mass. 
 
 . .Cambridgeport, Mass. 
 
 
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