As she did so, her eyes fell on the small clock, neatly encased in the leather upholstering of the carriage just in front of her.
"A Manifest Destiny"
Julia Magruder
Ethel might be a remarkably clever and capable woman; he knew perfectly well that she was just as able with her fingers as her brain, and did nearly all the upholstering and dressmaking of the household in her evening free time; but wasn't she just a little superior and self-satisfied also - just a little unkindly indifferent to the monotony and dulness of her young sister's existence?
"Winding Paths"
Gertrude Page
"She doesn't like the upholstering of the best chairs," he said at last.
"Project Gutenberg, Deep Waters, by W.W. Jacobs"
W.W. Jacobs