Upholstery is the job of providing furniture, especially chairs, with bearings, springs, webbing, and cloth or leather covers. The word coating comes from the Middle English word upholder , which refers to the merchant who picks up his goods. The term also applies to household furniture, cars, airplanes and ships, and can be applied to mattresses, especially the top layer, although these often differ significantly in design. A person who works with upholstery is called a coating; Apprentice welders are sometimes referred to as outsiders or trimmers. The traditional seats use materials such as springs (post-1850), animal hair (horses, pigs and cows), coir, straw and straw, jute, linen, lumps, etc., and done by hand, making each layer rise. In contrast, modern upholsterers use synthetic materials such as dacron and vinyl, serpentine springs, and so on.
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Histori
Upholder is an ancient term used for "furniture upholsterers," but seems to have the connotation of fixing furniture instead of making new pieces of cloth from scratch (cobbler vs. cordwainer).
In the 18th century in London, shareholders often served as interior decorators responsible for all aspects of the room decor. These individuals are members of the Worshiped Shy Company, whose traditional role, prior to the 18th century, was to provide upholstery and textiles and cemetery equipment. In a fabulous London furniture-making partnership in the 18th century, a cabinet maker usually paired up with an upholder: Vile and Cobb, Ince and Mayhew, Chippendale and Rannie or Haig.
In the United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Hickory, North Carolina is a center for furniture making along with Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire (UK) and many of the best upholsterers can still be found there. These craftsmen continue to create or recreate many antique and modern furniture.
Reupholstery furniture continues to grow in the UK with some small and large businesses providing this service.
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Coating type
Traditional coating
Traditional jokes are crafts that have evolved for centuries for padding and include chairs, seats and sofas, before the development of synthetic fabric and plastic foam sewing machines. Using solid wood or coated platforms, it may involve the use of springs, glamor, animal furs, grass and coats, wool, hessian, scrims, bridle bonds, fittings, blinds, upper seams, flocks and clumps all constructed by hand.
In the Middle Ages, domestic interiors became more comfortable and coatings played an important part in interior decoration. The decor consists primarily of what we now consider to be "soft furnishings", although there is a simple platform of woven, canvas or leather for benches, seats and covered coverings with detail that have demonstrated the imperfect beginning of the upholstered furniture. At the beginning of the chair of the 17th century chair is being fouled, but the shape of this seat is still pretty basic. All sorts of stuffed sawdust, grass, feathers, deer, goats or horsehair are used, although the UK Livery Company prohibits the use of goat and deer hair and is subject to fines for minor offenses. The contents are stacked on a wooden stage and held in place with decorative cloth and nails. This produces a simple dome shape tilted toward the seat. Only towards the end of the 17th century the upholsterers began to develop techniques that would distribute and form stuffing into a more controlled form. The curly cervical hair is used more consistently for more easily retained stuffing with thread sutures developed from the saddle technique. So the stuffing layer can be distributed evenly and safely to stay in place. At the base level, the squab pillows are made more stable by using a tufted band. The puppet end roll appears on the front of the seat which provides support for the pillow to be retained and then for a deeper field to be held under a fixed top cover.
What we now regard as "classical" coatings and formations developed in the 18th century. Line frames and elegant proportions are sympathetically matched with expert executed coatings. Today, plumber's technical knowledge means that it can be controlled along straight and oblique lines, giving new levels of comfort and elegance declared simply. Later in the century, the frontier was replaced by a linen cloth or a disguise taken from a chair filled and taped to the frame. At the same time the locked blind seams and the combination of the upper stitches (pulling the sides and the top surface together and bringing the stuffing up to create a strong upper edge) have evolved.
In the Victorian era, the mode of luxury and comfort gave rise to overloading and padding. Mass production techniques make upholstered furniture available in large quantities for all parts of society. The availability of better quality steel springs and the development of whip techniques allow the coatings to be built on chairs, back and hands quite independently of frame shapes. The feeding becomes more complicated, the edges become intricately formed into rolls and the rolls and fabrics are folded into a soft soft shape by means of buttoning.
Car coating
An automotive clothman, also known as a trimmer, a coach trimmer or a motor trimmer, shares many of the skills required in upholstery, in addition to being able to work with carpets.
The term coach trimmer comes from the days when the frame of the car was produced by the manufacturer and sent to the coach builder to add car body and interior decoration. Trimmers will produce soft furnishings, carpets, soft tops, and roofing coatings that are often tailored to customer specifications. Later, trim shops are often an internal part of the production line because the production process is broken down into smaller parts managed by semi-skilled labor.
Many automotive trimmers now work either in automotive design or with an aftermarket trim store doing repairs, restorations or conversions for customers directly. Some high quality motorcycle manufacturers still use trimmers, for example, Aston Martin.
Commercial coating
This is the type of coating job offered for business. An example is a restaurant seating consisting of a cubicle chair, dining room chair, bar stool, etc. Also churches, including but not limited to benches and chairs for congregations, hospitals and clinics consisting of medical tables, chiropractic tables, dental chairs, etc. Also common for this type of seat will be the lobby and seating-waiting area. Layered walls are found in several retail places.
Marine coating
Upholsterers can be called to repair or replace seating, cushions, cabin furniture, headliners and even carpets on boats.
Sea seats differ in that one should consider moisture, sunlight and hard use. There are many sources for marine grade vinyls such as Spradling and Morbern and they come in hundreds of colors and styles now.
Each marine grade vinyl force is judged on the basis of cold cracking, scouring, and mold resistance. Hardware stainless steels such as staples, screws should be used to prevent rust and early damage to hardware and fasteners. The latest products for vinyl binding in marine applications are Tenara yarns and Monel staples. Every wood used must have sea quality.
Usually a high density high-density plastic foam with a thin plastic film on it is used to prevent water that may be stuck by the seam. Closed cell foam is used on smaller cushions that can sometimes double as a flotation device.
See also
- Lime (lime artisan or tailor lime)
- Goggles
- Needle Keeper
- Rubber hammer
- Scissors
- Sewing Machine
- Staple gun
- Staple knocker (staple puller)
- Hammer holder
- Needle Seats (curved needles and round button needles)
- Sealing regulator
- Woven strand
Coating material
- Button
- Staples
- Tacks (seat upholstery, various sizes)
- Zipper
Coat skill
- Cut
- Sew
- Canvas Work
- Sarong
- Throw a pillow
- Martindale (unit), textile wear resistance measure used for coatings
- Museo della tappezzeriaÃ, - Upholstery Museum (in Italian Wikipedia)
- Coat frame
- Turkey
References
Bibliography
- James, David (1990). Upholstery, Full Course . Guild of Master Craftsman. ISBNÃ, 0-946819-19-X.
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