Upholstery

By

Payal Goyal

What is Upholstery ??• Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with

padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word upholstery comes from the Middle English words up and holden, meaning to hold up. The term is applied to domestic furniture and also to applications in automobiles and boats. A person who works with upholstery is called an upholsterer; an apprentice upholsterer is sometimes called an outsider or trimmer.

Uses in furniture making

• Generally made from leather, cottons other fabrics and plastic materials

• Can be stitched, tacked and stapled glues.

• Quality furniture makers still leather

• Most have a soft foam or similar material under the covering

Types of upholstery

1. Traditional upholstery

2. Automobile upholstery

3. Commercial upholstery

4. Marine upholstery

•Traditional upholstery

Traditional upholstery is a craft which evolved over centuries for padding and covering chairs, seats and sofas, before the development of sewing machines synthetic fabrics and plastic foam. Using a solid wood or webbed platform, it can involve the use of springs, lashings, stuffings of animal hair, grasses and coir, wools, hessians, scrims, bridle ties, stuffing ties, blind stitching, top stitching, flocks and wadding all built up by hand.

• Automobile upholstery

An automotive upholsterer, also known as a trimmer, coachtrimmeror motor trimmer, shares many of the skills required in upholstery,

in addition to being able to work with carpet. A few high-quality

motor car manufacturers still employ trimmers

•Commercial upholstery

This is the type of upholstery work offered to businesses. Examples would be restaurant seating consisting of booth seats, dining room chairs, bar stools, etc. Also churches, including but not limited to pews and chairs for the congregation, hospitals and clinics consisting of medical tables, chiropractic tables, dental chairs, etc. Also common to this type of upholstery would be lobby and waiting-area seating. Upholstered walls are found in some retail premises.

•Marine upholstery

Marine upholstery differs in that one has to consider dampness,

sunlight and hard usage.

Outdoor furniture

• Outdoor furniture may just have a weaved plastic fabric to upholster the chair.

• Advantages are they are weather and water resistant

Advantages

• Advantage Upholstery will do your couch, chair, sofa with a commitment to giving the highest level of customer service. Reupholstery of furniture is an age-old craft that is becoming more popular as our clients look for ways to update family heirlooms, save money and “re-purpose” completely usable but outdated furniture.

Examples of Upholstery