Furniture Study Talk, The Pursuit of Comfort: Upholstery in America

Patricia E. Kane and Catherine Silverman Leather and woven textiles used to upholster furniture have long added color and luxury to American interiors. In this special-topic tour of the Leslie P. and George H. Hume, B.A. 1969, American Furniture Study Center, Patricia E. Kane, Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts, and Catherine Silverman, Assistant Conservator of Objects and Furniture, consider traditional upholstery techniques and materials, from 18th-century reindeer hide to 20th-century textiles produced for the furniture design firm Knoll. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Fund.