A COMFORTABLE SEAT
Traditional upholstery owes much to history with styles like the wing chair, the Chesterfield and the low-armed Howard sofa influencing furniture design over centuries. Although they have adapted to meet modern standards of comfort, the essential form of these iconic pieces has remained unchanged. There are fashions in classic styles and in response perhaps to smaller spaces or a taste for minimalism, upholstery shapes with a slender silhouette and exposed legs are currently in vogue. Fabrics have a radical e ect on appearance and the images here show how a woollen plaid, crushed velvet or plain linen a ect the character of the piece and, by extension, the whole room.