history: What even is upholstery?
knowledge: Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers.
response: It is the covers of furniture.  This includes the padding, springs and fabric
history: What even is upholstery?
It is the covers of furniture.  This includes the padding, springs and fabric
Ahh okay, that's kinda what I thought it was.
knowledge: The word ''upholstery'' comes from the Middle English word ''upholder'', which referred to a tradesman who held up his goods.
response: The word actually comes from the Middle English word, upholder.
history: What even is upholstery?
It is the covers of furniture.  This includes the padding, springs and fabric
Ahh okay, that's kinda what I thought it was.
The word actually comes from the Middle English word, upholder.
That makes a lot of sense as to the root of it.
knowledge: In contrast, modern upholsterers employ synthetic materials like dacron and vinyl, serpentine springs, and so on.
response: Modern upholstery utilizes synthetic materials like vinyl and dacron, serpentine springs and more.
history: What even is upholstery?
It is the covers of furniture.  This includes the padding, springs and fabric
Ahh okay, that's kinda what I thought it was.
The word actually comes from the Middle English word, upholder.
That makes a lot of sense as to the root of it.
Modern upholstery utilizes synthetic materials like vinyl and dacron, serpentine springs and more.
That outta be a lot cheaper and easier to produce.
knowledge: Traditional upholstery uses materials like coil springs (post-1850), animal hair (horse, hog and cow), coir, straw and hay, hessians, linen scrims, wadding, etc., and is done by hand, building each layer up.
response: I can't say although traditional upholstery did things by hand, building each layer.