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FURNITURE
UPHOLSTERY
FOR SCHOOLS

By

EMIL A. JOHNSON, B.S., A.M.

Assistant Professor of Manual Arts.
Bradley Polytechnic Institute,
Peoria, Illinois

THE MANUAL ARTS PRESS
PEORIA, ILLINOIS
1919

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The purpose of this book is to give information concerning themethods by which upholstery work may be successfully carriedon in school shops. The added beauty and comfort given tofurniture by upholstery makes work of this character worth while.If period furniture is to be reproduced or modified, the workermust understand the art of upholstering.

The tendency to reproduce or copy good old pieces of furnitureshould be encouraged, for only in this way may a student obtaina proper background, from which may be developed a new style.New ideas, derived from the best of the old, are likely to servehumanity in the best way.

The study of the art of upholstery is an interesting one. Itleads into many avenues of interest and profit, such as the historyand methods of weaving; the processes of tanning and coloring; themanufacture and history of textiles; and the like. Such correlationis valuable, and each is distinctly educational.

I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Prof. Chas. A.Bennett for valuable suggestions and inspiration; to David H.Tingwall for valuable help, and photographs; to A. C. Newellfor suggestions on the outlines; to Wm. F. Tuttle for the photographsof antiquarian furniture taken at the Art Institute ofChicago; to Bessie Bennett for certain information about thefurniture; to John R. Fasier for the drawing in Fig. 28; and to myformer and present Bradley students for inspiration and help.

The practical contents have been verified and corroborated byHenry Euler, a practical upholsterer for fifty-nine years, and byHerman Schwartling who has followed the trade for thirty years.

Peoria, Illinois, February, 1919.