upholsrty wid types nd advantages

1. Upholstery
By
Payal Goyal

2. 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.

4. 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

5. Types of upholstery
1. Traditional upholstery
2. Automobile upholstery
3. Commercial upholstery
4. Marine upholstery

6. •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.

7. • Automobile upholstery
An automotive upholsterer, also known as a trimmer, coachtrimmer
or 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

8. •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.

9. •Marine upholstery
Marine upholstery differs in that one has to consider dampness,
sunlight and hard usage.

10. Outdoor furniture
• Outdoor furniture may just have a weaved
plastic fabric to upholster the chair.
• Advantages are they are weather and water
resistant

11. 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.

12. Examples of Upholstery