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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]
Engineered wood products commonly used in furniture making include plywood, hardboard, millboard, chipboard, and medium-density fiberboard. [3] Upholstery itself is often applied with staples, and so metal frames will typically have a plywood panel inserted into them as a backer for the upholstery and to allow these staples to be pinned into it.
Chair, c. 1772, mahogany, covered in modern red morocco leather, height: 97.2 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest.
The three official manufacturers of the chair were Thonet (from 1927), Gavina (1950s), and Knoll (1960s). [6] In 1928, the Cesca chair was the first such tubular-steel-frame, caned-seat chair to be mass-produced. [7] It was among the ten most common such chairs. One of the original ones from that time is in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan ...
Perhaps the chair's most famous appearance was in January 1995, when it was featured on the cover of the British edition of Vogue. The photograph by Nick Knight also included a naked Kate Moss. [7] The Panton Chair S shape design continues to be popular today, and has been re-imagined in exotic materials such as rattan, bamboo, and even banana ...
The Chair of St. Peter in 2024 at St. Peter's Basilica, exposed for the first time since 1867. Early martyrologies indicate that two liturgical feasts were celebrated in Rome, centuries before the time of Charles the Bald, in honour of earlier chairs associated with Saint Peter, one of which was kept in the baptismal chapel of Old St. Peter's Basilica, the other at the catacomb of Priscilla. [8]
Verner Panton (13 February 1926 – 5 September 1998) is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers.During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colors.