Vintage Popular Mechanics All About Upholstering HC John Bergen 1962 Furniture

Would you like to have a house full of new looking furniture at the savings of hundreds of dollars? Here's a book that will help.

Designed to fit the needs of an apprentice upholsterer as well as the home craftsman, hobbyist, & clever housewife,  this book not only tells, but shows the reader all about upholstery.

You are first introduced to the 3 basic forms into which upholstered work may be classified.  Pages of carefully drawn illustrations show you, by color contrast,  how the work progresses as each frame type is upholstered.  Easy to understand charts  do much of the figuring out for you.  More than 300 drawings & photographs  show you the tools & materials you will use, as well as how to use them, to their best advantage on everything from kitchen chairs to sofas. A study  of this book will teach you to recognize the various styles of furniture construction & the type of upholstering best suited to each and will enable you to plan your own adaptations of fundamental principles.

Author John Bergen is famous in his chosen field. He has designed furniture for many of America's  leading furniture manufacturers & has styled outstanding "make it yourself " projects for Popular Mechanics magazine.  In this book he shares with you his know how on furniture restyling,  modernizing,  upholstery,  & slipcovering.

Whether you decide to use the old standby upholstery supplies or the newest synthetic products & foam rubber, you will find ALL ABOUT UPHOLSTERING  a conscientious guide from the first application of webbing, through placing the springs, burlap,  stuffing & padding,  up to the installation of the final cover & trim!

Condition: Very good vintage preowned condition.  Cover is clean. Binding is good. Some very minor shelf wear/rubbing. Does not have original dust jacket. See all pictures.