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Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word also refers to the materials used to upholster something. Upholstery comes from the Middle English word upholder, [ 1] which referred to an artisan who makes fabric furnishings. [ 2]
A basic upholstered piece may be composed of a frame, springs, foam, cushioning, padding, and textiles . Coil springs are individual coils, open at both ends. They may be knotted at one end. When attached to webbing and twine-tied at the top, they form the platform on which the loose cushion rests.
The so-called flexible polyurethane foam (FPF) is produced from the reaction of polyols and isocyanates, a process pioneered in 1937. [ 1] FPF allows for some compression and resilience that provides a cushioning effect. Because of this property, it is often used in furniture, bedding, automotive seating, athletic equipment, packaging, footwear ...
Rear bench seat for three adult passengers in an AMC Ambassador Bucket seat with six-point seat belts from Schroth in Porsche 997 GT3 RS 3.8. A bucket seat is a separate seat with a contoured platform designed to accommodate one person, distinct from a bench seat that is a flat platform designed to seat up to three people. Individual bucket ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - A 55-year-old American has been found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki, the police said on Monday, the third tourist death in a week following a period of unusually hot weather.
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has said he would “consider” running to become the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
I saw a trend where passengers with babies gave gifts to their seat neighbors, but flight attendants were often overlooked.So about 10 years ago, my husband and I started giving small gifts to the ...
Foam rubber was first produced in 1929 by Dunlop Rubber researcher chemists E. A. Murphy [2] and Eric Owen using whipped latex. In 1937 isocyanate based materials were first used for the formation of foam rubbers, after World War II styrene-butadiene rubber replaced many natural types of foam. Foam rubbers have been used commercially for a wide ...