| I have drawn up a list of such words. Item | | | | PIPING FOOT An attachment for the sewing machine |
| Abbreviation and/or description | | | | to enable piped edges to be sewn on to joins. |
| SEAT St. | | | | PULLTHROUGH Meaning the same as a FLY. An |
| INSIDE BACK I.B. | | | | American Term. |
| OUTSIDE BACK O.B. | | | | RAILS STRETCHER A supporting rail on a settee or |
| INSIDE ARM OUTSIDE ARM I.A. | | | | divan base. |
| BORDER Bdr. Can be in front or along top of back. | | | | TACKING The lighter rails for tacking foundations and |
| FACINGS Fegs. The front of the arm-rests. Can also | | | | covers to. |
| be on the sides of a back. | | | | BASE The main foundation rail at floor level. |
| PLATFORM SEAT Pl. St. A Platform Seat is one that | | | | REBATED Where a groove is put in the edge of a |
| has a guttering and has a cushion | | | | rail, and the lower edge used for tacking, or where |
| BLACK AND WHITE WEBBING Best English webbing | | | | cable springing is fixed. |
| with herring bone design. | | | | REGULATING The `working about' of stuffing to the |
| BRIDLING A series of twine loops about six inches | | | | required place for stitching, etc. |
| long which are put in canvases to carry the stuffing | | | | RIPPING OUT Procedure for stripping chairs for |
| and keep it in position. | | | | repair. |
| BUFFED The rubbing or buffing with carborundum to | | | | SCRIM STUFFING Another term for the first stuffing |
| obviate any blemishes that may there. | | | | enclosed in scrim or hessian. |
| BUTTONING The insertion of upholstery buttons. | | | | SHOW-WOOD Polished wood surrounding to stuffed |
| Two methods used are `Float' Buttoning and `Deep' | | | | or upholstered part of furniture, as with a dining-chair |
| Buttoning. The former method leaves the button on | | | | or occasional chair. |
| the face of the cover, whilst the latter is pulled into | | | | SKIVING The art of chamfering a piece of hide in |
| the cover deeply and forms a pleated diamond. | | | | order to join together two pieces by gluing. |
| CABRIOLE Name given to a hammer with a small | | | | SPRING EDGE Mostly applies to the front edge of |
| driving area. Used mainly on show-wood furniture. | | | | chairs, but also to all edges where an independent |
| FLYS Pieces of hessian or any old material sewn on | | | | springing is adopted. |
| to the inside edges of the cover material to save | | | | SPRING INTERIOR The inside springing of a cushion |
| material and give added strength for pulling cover into | | | | or mattress. |
| position. Known as `Pullthroughs' in U.S.A. | | | | SPRING UNIT A collection of springs to form |
| GAP Name used in describing the opening between | | | | foundations for seats, arms and backs. Wired and |
| the arm web and the back upright rail. Left free for | | | | clipped together. |
| passing through flys, etc., to be tacked against rail. | | | | STITCHING The stitching by twine of edges and rolls |
| GAUGE Applied to the thickness of the steel wire in | | | | to form a shape to stuffing. |
| the manufacture of coil springs. | | | | STRAPS Metal bands or webs upon which spring |
| HOLDING TIE A stitch between the spring canvas | | | | units are mounted and fixed to the frame by clout |
| and scrim. Keeps the first stuffing firmly in place. Also | | | | nails. |
| known as `Through Stitch'. | | | | TACK DRAWS The `shadowed' furrow caused by |
| JACKETS One or more parts joined together to | | | | the strain of a tack. Particularly on silk covers. |
| form a tailored finish, e.g. inside arm and facing. | | | | TEMPORARY TACKS Tacks only half driven in. Easily |
| LACING A term applied to the stringing together of | | | | removed. |
| coil springs in which a `laid' cord is used. | | | | TENSILE Applies to rubber webbing or cable-springing. |
| LININGS Pieces of old canvas tacked on to the | | | | THUMBROLL An alternative to a stitched edge. |
| outsides before the outside covers are put on. Gives | | | | Known as a cordroll by the American upholsterer. |
| extra resistance to pressure, especially needed in the | | | | TUFTING Carried out on mattresses. Same |
| case of leather covering. Not to be confused with | | | | procedure as in buttoning. |
| the outside covers proper, which are known as | | | | WIRE KNOTS The finish of the metal coil on a spring. |
| `linings' in America. | | | | |