Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1885 — Ox-Horn Chairs. [ARTICLE]

Ox-Horn Chairs.

"You have no idea what a demand there is for this style of chairs,” said a well-known furniture dealer, as ha proudly pointed at a beautiful specimen, made entirely of horns and ex* quisitely finished with silk plush and fringe. “No, it is not exactly a new idea,” continued the furniture man, “for my firm has been turning them out for nearly a year. This style of horn chairs, finished with silk plush, easily sells for SIOO, while those finished with leather bring STS.” “How are they manufactured?” “Well, you see, there are twenty-two horns used in this seat which we are Of course a smaller number of horns can be used; in some styles only eighteen are’ required, but these do not have as neat an appearance, and are much cheaper. The mode of manufacture is quite simple. The horns, after being thoroughly cleansed, steamed and scraped to the proper thickness, are filled or stuffed with sawdust and glue. After being thoroughly dried and polished the horns are fastened into the proper position with brass rivets and glue. Then follows the upholstering operation, which is very simple, but upon the whole the chairs thus made may be considered very artistic.” “And the demand—is there much call far this style of furniture?” “Yes, indeed. There are many chairs now in use in several of the Nob-hill residences. We have shipped them to France, the Pacific islands, and many to the eastern and northern States. Orders are constantly coming in and I may safely say the demand is increasing?’—San Francisco Chronicle.