From this position it is but a step to that of an upholsterer in New York City, who prints on his order blanks, "No drinking man employed."
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
We recline, to quote our upholsterer, in "cairless elegance" on the floor of the stern, on Turkey red cushions under the shadow of the awning, and I feel sorry we have spent so much time on shore.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
Whilst arranging with the coffin-maker and the "Hegelein," the sexton and upholsterer, ordering a large number of candles and everything else requisite at the funeral of the mistress of an aristocratic household, she also found time to look after her father and Countess Cordula, who was better.
"In The Fire Of The Forge, Volume 5."
Georg Ebers