What is another word for upholstery?

Pronunciation: [ʌpˈə͡ʊlstəɹi] (IPA)

Upholstery is a term used to describe the padding, stuffing, and coverings used to create soft furnishings such as couches, chairs, and sofas. Synonyms for this word include furniture padding, fabric covering, and soft goods. Other similar terms for upholstery include furnishings, draperies, fabrics, and textiles. Contemporary versions of upholstery might include materials such as leather, suede, or other synthetic options. Other associated terms that could be considered synonyms for upholstery include slipcovers, cushions, padding, and mattress toppers. Whatever the specific materials and terminology may be, upholstery plays an essential role in providing both comfort and style to home furnishings.

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Usage examples for Upholstery

We are not assisted to belief in the immortality of his works, by the illustrations of the mid-Victorian upholstery in the midst of which they were manufactured.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
Thus it happened that Frau Laue's fiery crimson plush upholstery once more played a part in her life.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
The pulpit was giving way with the general wreck, was unpainted, and the upholstery on book-board and sofa seemed calling out with Jew's voice, Any old clo'?
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage

Famous quotes with Upholstery

  • My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
    Pamela Anderson
  • If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window.
    Doug Coupland
  • I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well.
    Tommy Kirk
  • The fragile teacups, the brittle relics, the frail upholstery and shattery glass: this was a world of little things and little ways, their delicacy presupposing their protection.
    Antonella Gambotto-Burke
  • He had detected a certain sensitivity, a capacity for imagination, in the the girl in New York. But the years and the roads, the bars and the cars and the beds and the bottles — they all have flinty edges, and they are the cruel upholstery in the dark tunnel down which the soul rolls and tumbles until no more abrasion is possible, until the ultimate hardness is achieved. So here she sat, having achieved the bland defensive heartiness of a ten-dollar whore.
    John D. MacDonald

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