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the soft armor that turns a wooden frame into a throne worth fighting over
means The padding, springs, and fabric covering that make a chair or sofa soft and comfortable to sit on.
from From the old word 'upholder,' which meant a dealer in small goods or someone who repaired and sold furniture — built on 'uphold,' to keep up or maintain. By the time the trade specialized, an 'upholster' was the person who maintained and dressed furniture, and 'upholstery' became the craft of cushioning it. The wandering 'r' is the same kind of leftover seen in words like 'huckster.'
- old guts
- Once stuffed with horsehair, moss, and seaweed
- hidden coils
- Steel springs tied by hand with eight knots
- fire law
- Foam flammability triggered toxic-chemical regulations for decades
- the term
- Comes from 'upholder,' a medieval seller of secondhand goods
- fabric math
- A sofa can devour over ten yards of cloth
chesterfield sofa — deep-buttoned leather sofa style originated in england, popularized by philip dormer stanhope, 4th earl of chesterfield in the 18th century
egg chair — iconic curved pod chair designed by arne jacobsen in 1958 for the royal hotel copenhagen, upholstered in leather or fabric
barcelona chair — modernist chair designed by ludwig mies van der rohe in 1929, featured at the german pavilion in barcelona expo