upholsterer
noun
up·hol·ster·er
(ˌ)əp-ˈhōl-stər-ər 
(ˌ)ə-ˈpōl-
plural upholsterers
: a person or business that repairs or installs upholstery
a furniture upholsterer
Washington designer Sally Steponkus is a big fan of reupholstering. … She finds a good upholsterer can breathe new life into an old chair with good tailoring and extra padding.—
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His father, Romano, was an upholsterer; his mother, Bruna, assisted Romano and looked after their three children: Bellotti, the middle child, and his two sisters, Roberta and Emanuela.
—Laura May Todd, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
When the Court moved into its new building—a building so ostentatiously self-important, down to the last trimmings, that reporters likened it to an icebox decorated by a mad upholsterer—the Justices struck down more than a dozen laws in eighteen months.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Annette designed and crafted all the mosaic tables as well as worked with an upholsterer to create distinctive cushions, which complement her own vibrant artwork and her collection of fiber art acquired around the world.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale side chair and extends across the floor.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 4 July 2023
Ramon Muñoz, owner of Lisa Davis Upholstery in Bay Ho and a hands-on upholsterer of several decades, both reupholsters furniture and creates new custom pieces for designers’ clients.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
Once occupied by an upholsterer, the space, with its windowed viridian facade and creaky floors, resembles a turn-of-the-20th-century curio shop; antique toys and objects, including mechanical puppets and handmade globes, sit beside the designer’s wares in vintage walnut cabinets.
—Nancy Hass Ilyes Griyeb, New York Times, 9 May 2023
Her jobs post-graduation included doing window displays, installing custom sculptures for the Syfy channel, working as a freelance upholsterer and laboring for a mid-century modern-style furniture maker.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
Take smaller pieces to an upholsterer’s shop.
—Washington Post, 3 May 2022
Laura May Todd, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
When the Court moved into its new building—a building so ostentatiously self-important, down to the last trimmings, that reporters likened it to an icebox decorated by a mad upholsterer—the Justices struck down more than a dozen laws in eighteen months.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Annette designed and crafted all the mosaic tables as well as worked with an upholsterer to create distinctive cushions, which complement her own vibrant artwork and her collection of fiber art acquired around the world.
—Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale side chair and extends across the floor.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 4 July 2023
Ramon Muñoz, owner of Lisa Davis Upholstery in Bay Ho and a hands-on upholsterer of several decades, both reupholsters furniture and creates new custom pieces for designers’ clients.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
Once occupied by an upholsterer, the space, with its windowed viridian facade and creaky floors, resembles a turn-of-the-20th-century curio shop; antique toys and objects, including mechanical puppets and handmade globes, sit beside the designer’s wares in vintage walnut cabinets.
—Nancy Hass Ilyes Griyeb, New York Times, 9 May 2023
Her jobs post-graduation included doing window displays, installing custom sculptures for the Syfy channel, working as a freelance upholsterer and laboring for a mid-century modern-style furniture maker.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
Take smaller pieces to an upholsterer’s shop.
—Washington Post, 3 May 2022
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First Known Use
1613, in the meaning defined above
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