Identifier: furnituredesign00nyea (find matches)
Title: Furniture designing and draughting, notes on the elementary forms, methods of construction and dimensions of common articles of furniture
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Nye, Alvan Crocker
Subjects: Furniture
Publisher: London, Batsford
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ed by a gimp, which is usuallyglued on, even though nails are afterwards driven in to apparentlysecure it. The seat just described is the simplest, as well as thecheapest form of upholstery permissible in good work. It has thedisadvantage of being hard, and in a short time the webbing becomesstretched so the seat sags in the middle. A better seat, requiring a little more work, is shown in No. 2,Plate XL It differs from No. i only in the amount of hair and theway it is used. As there is more hair than in the first instance, theseat frame is made lower that the extra quality of hair may notraise the seat too high. The hair is placed on the webbing foundation and covered withburlaps. The edges are then stitched by passing a needle in at theside, out at the top, and then back again to the side, and so forth,until the entire edge of the seat has been sewed in this way. Whenthe edge becomes quite hard and firm with the amount of hair that PuATtXi; CONSTRUCTION AND UPHOLSTERY OF CHAIRS MU5UM
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5LAT foR FASTEMINQ ARn COVERSUPHOLJTERY BlotK /^ UPHOLSTERY. 53 has been stitched in it the middle of the seat is also sewed throughand through until it is a trifle lower than the edges. This makes afirm, somewhat hard, hair cushion with its edge a little higher thanthe rest. The hollow is then well filled with hair, and over this themuslin, and finally the cover is drawn. Such a seat has all the ap-pearance of one upholstered with springs, and is comfortable enoughwhere something firm is wanted. No. 3 illustrates the spring seat. It differs from No. 2 in this re-spect : the webbing is fastened to the underside of the seat frame, in-stead of the top, and on it are placed the springs. Over them isstitched a burlap on which the hair or stuffing is placed. The re-mainder of the work is the same as for padded seat No. 2. The edgess stitched, hair is added, the muslin is drawn over, and finally the:over. If it is desirable to make the seat so that none of the woodworkshall show, no differe

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