Special Upholstery Features from High Point Market

While velvet fabrics were all over many upholstery furniture pieces at Highpoint at this recent fall market, there were other upholstery details that deserve pointing out.

To be honest, you can find almost anything at market, so saying that there was velvet fabric all over does not mean there weren’t other special and interesting features to note.

Fringe and Trim

Designers love their special details and we saw a lot of them on upholstery. Heavy fringe was one that sets an upholstered piece apart for sure.

Hickory Chair had this chunky, elaborate fringe on two pieces to great effect.

Hickory Chair

Hickory Chair

Highland House

Highland House

Wesley Hall

Contrasting welts help outline a piece and call attention to those unique details of a furniture piece.

Sherrill Furniture

Chocolate brown leather with white piping looks smart in the Wesley Hall showroom.

Contrasting welting on this settee makes for a crisp look. Jessica Charles showroom

Satin or Satin Look Fabrics

I really haven’t seen satin or satin-look fabric on upholstery. I feel like this a real throw-back to the past, with this sleek look. Maybe this was silk? I’m not sure, but it certainly looked like satin.

Brown satin on a stool at the Thibaut showroom.

This satin look fabric made for a pretty long skirt on these dining chairs. Sherrill Furniture

Multiple fabrics/leathers on one furniture piece

This is a great way to customize upholstery, by doing two or three fabrics and/or trims on one piece. A special fabric on the back of a chair, contrasting cushions, etc., all make for a unique look.

Velvet covered welting and armrests give this floral covered chair from Theodore Alexander an elevated look.

Hickory Chair

Mohair velvet with a textural fabric gives a comfy vibe.

Two different leathers are used on this wingback chair, the quilted back adds texture.

Putting a more fragile fabric, like a velvet on the outside of upholstered seating, can give an elegant look without sacrificing durability on the seat and back.

Jessica Charles showroom

Floral Fabrics

There weren’t a lot of floral upholstered pieces displayed, but there were a few. These stood out to me.

Sherrill Furniture, Phoebe Howard

Highland House

A skirted, floral, banquette? Why not. Sherrill Furniture

This floral fabric at Wesley Hall takes me back to the 70’s.

Skirts

Skirts are back, big time! We’ve been building up to this for a bit now, but they are definitely main stream now. Most were tailored, some were trimmed with special details.

Love this contrasting velvet at the bottom of the tailored skirt on a chair from Hickory Chair.

I’d say there was a lot more traditional details like this than in recent years.

This was an unusual detail with the mini-pleated skirt in the Highland House showroom.

Short box pleats like this really take me back! Look at that rolled arm and the three cushions. Move over giant, bulbous, curved furniture, traditional is back! Sherrill Furniture

Here was a new intro that gives the ease and comfort of an upholstered bed with the look of a tailored skirt. Oh so pretty!

Upholstered bed with skirt, new, from Highland House.

Tailored, skirted vanity chair from Highland House.

Love this skirted ottoman from Thibaut with the nailhead trim.

Check out this cute scalloped skirted chair in the Sherrill showroom.

Miscellaneous Details

Leather side panels and welting add something special to this chair at the Chaddock showroom.

This chair has an equestrian vibe with a buckle like this. Wesley Hall

Check out the number one change I saw at High Point Market this fall, below.