Vintage chairs may be partially or wholly covered in upholstery, and padding makes sitting much more pleasant, of course. Until very recently, styles favored wood structures with cloth or leather ...

Comfortable, well-padded upholstered furniture was not considered proper until the middle of the 1800s. Earlier generations had been taught the importance of sitting up straight. You were not to sl… ...

Eastlake chairs are statuesque, Victorian-era dining or parlor chairs that were popular in the late 1800s. ... They were almost always upholstered with leather or fabric.

Victorian furniture is typically well-constructed from high-quality materials, ... benches, or other upholstered furnishings with the darker wood can create a dramatic look.

The original upholstery has been replaced, and the wood is in excellent condition. A. You have a Victorian Louis XVI Revival lady's side chair with a buttoned puffy upholstered back and plain seat.

Two Victorian chairs — a his and hers set — in the front parlor were re-upholstered in marine blue velvet. Frances explained that the chairs are different for a reason.

The vast amount of Victorian upholstered furniture still being used on a daily basis (notably those made by Howard, which regularly pop up at auction) bears testament to the fact that a well-made sofa ...

The cane seat was a replacement for the upholstered one it had, as the restorer said it would have originally been made out of that material. As far as I can find out it may date from 1830-1850 ...

The chairs made in the West were large and Victorian in style. Horn chairs from Europe, particularly Germany, were made to resemble traditional 19th-century chairs and included light-colored ...

But he ordered that any replacement must not be upholstered after heritage groups including the Victorian Society and Historic England objected, arguing that the planned cushioned seating was ...

The objection from the Victorian Society was over plans to introduce the wooden chairs with wine-coloured upholstery at the Gothic style Grade II listed Christ Church at Silloth, which dates back ...