Furniture upholstery for schools

by Emil Aldren Johnson

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

Copyright, 1919, by
Emil A. Johnson

PREFACE

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

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