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upholstery general term for household fittings, hangings, curtains, cushions, and covers. It refers to stuffed, padded, and spring-cushioned furniture, such as chairs and sofas, or to the usually decorative materials and fabrics that cover them. The first furniture upholstery was probably leather, stretched on without padding. Italian Renaissance chairs were cushioned with leather, velvet, or embroidery; the French made ornate chairs covered with tapestries and embroideries; England developed upholstery in Elizabethan and Jacobean reigns. The use of springs is comparatively modern. Hair, fiber, flock, foam rubber, down, and kapok are used for padding in modern upholstery, and woven fabrics, plastics, leather, and synthetic leather serve as coverings.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

up·hol·ster·y / əpˈhōlst(ə)rē; əˈpōl-/ • n. soft, padded textile covering that is fixed to furniture such as armchairs and sofas.

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upholsterer XVII. Extended form with -ER1 of †upholster (XV) dealer in or repairer of small or secondhand articles, f. prec. + -STER.
Hence upholster vb. XIX, upholstery XVII.

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