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    Upholstery Fabrics - A Guide to their Identification and Sales Features
    Upholstery Fabrics - A Guide to their Identification and Sales Features
    Upholstery Fabrics - A Guide to their Identification and Sales Features
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    Upholstery Fabrics - A Guide to their Identification and Sales Features

    By Anon

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    This classic handbook provides a wealth of information on traditional fabrics used in upholstery. Illustrated with helpful diagrams throughout, it is still of use to anyone interested in textiles, design and upholstering today. Contents include: A History of upholstery; A Guide for You; How Fabrics Help Sales; Three Things Make the Difference in Fabrics; What Fibers are Used - Where They Come From; What Different Fibers Look Like Magnified; Two Basic Kinds of Woven upholstery Fabrics – Pile Fabric; Why Some Fabrics Wear Better; Which Fabrics Clean Easily – Resist Soiling?; Like Sterling on Silver; A Final Word - to You - to Your Store; The Care and Cleaning of Furniture upholstery. We are republishing this vintage text in a modern and affordable edition, complete with a newly written introduction and featuring the original artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMar 6, 2013
    ISBN9781447489825
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      Upholstery Fabrics - A Guide to their Identification and Sales Features - Anon

      Upholstery

      A GUIDE FOR YOU

      This booklet on furniture upholstery fabrics is printed to help you in your selling.

      If you are a long-time furniture salesman you may find this little book a good source of information whenever you wish to refresh your memory.

      If you are new in furniture selling, this book will help you to talk upholstery fabrics to your customers in an interesting and sales-effective way.

      To make this information quick and clear, we took just the important highlights of fibers, weaves and tests—then compacted the briefed story into this handy pocket-size book.

      We hope you find it helpful.

      HOW FABRICS HELP SALES

      To know upholstery fabrics is important to you because that’s what your customers see first—see most of—and get the most lasting impression from.

      So naturally your customers are keenly interested in the fabric’s color, pattern, texture, durability, how easily it cleans and how comfortably it sits. Women are particularly interested in these things, and they influence most of your sales.

      So the better your knowledge of

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