The practical upholsterer : giving clear directions for skillfully performing all kinds of upholsteres' [sic] work in leather, silk, plush, reps, cottons, velvets, and carpetings : also, for stuffing, embossing, welting, and covering all kinds of mattresses, &c. ... : fully illustrated with engravings of tools, sketches of furniture, and numerous full-page illustrations of original decorative designs (1891)
Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919 · New York : Industrial Publication Co. · leaf 99
MISCELLANEOUS HINTS. 93 CHAPTER XII. MISCELLANEOUS HINTS. I think the foregoing pretty nearly covers the whole ground of upholstery, though it may be often necessary to apply the rules and designs shown to many other pur¬ poses; and I give in this chapter a few designs of things and situations that… … Fig. 47 shows a method of draping the back of a piano. It is quite “the thing” now to have the backs of upright pianos facing visitors, and this fashion renders it imperative to have the backs covered; and* nothing adds so much to the artistic richness of the instrument as a harmonious draping in…
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