History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . amp; Co. Velvet paperis made by flock being put on in the same way as thebronze, flock being a French preparation of woolencloth ground up and colored. Water-colors are puton by hand-blocks. For borders of the common va-riety the ])rintiug-machines may be used, but thebetter kinds are printed with hand-blocks. Window-shades are printed from blocks on wide machines. The designing is a very nice part of the business,the aim being to suit and attract the public accordingto the varying f
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . amp; Co. Velvet paperis made by flock being put on in the same way as thebronze, flock being a French preparation of woolencloth ground up and colored. Water-colors are puton by hand-blocks. For borders of the common va-riety the ])rintiug-machines may be used, but thebetter kinds are printed with hand-blocks. Window-shades are printed from blocks on wide machines. The designing is a very nice part of the business,the aim being to suit and attract the public accordingto the varying fashions which prevail in wall-paper aswell as in clothing. As we have said, this factoryswork stands high in the market for excellence anddurability of material, for elegance of design, and forartistic finish, and it occupies a very important placeamong tlie industries of the city. Their business ex-tends from Maine to California, and all of the Statesnorth of tlie Southern States. For a time there severe competition ; some of the New York firmslost large amounts of money, while Janeway & Co.,. CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 659 with their extensive facilities for business, still carriedon their business in this city and outlived all compe-tition, and owing to the severity of this competitionthey came to an agreement of uniformity of price,which system lias its advantages and disadvantages,but is believed to be the best system according to theviews of a majority of manufacturers. The design of this establishment is to send one ofthe firm to Paris every year, to obtain the designs(which in France is a business by itself). Theyare continually receiving letters complimenting theirartistic styles and manner of manufacturing. Theyhave also an extensive store-house, where their goodsare packed ready for the market. Furniture, Cornelius Powelson.—This largemanufactory of furniture of Cornelius Powelson waslocated on the corner of George and Schureman Streets,in 1847. It was at that
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