Stretching Covering Technique

What is Stretching Covering Technique

Stretching Covering Technique is a key process in the production of chairs or sofas.
In this process, the workers will upholster the sponge with fabric or leather to make the cushions. For some styles, this process is very simple, which is just using a cover of right size to contain the sponge and zip it.
But for some styles, especially the Barcelona Styles, it is much more complicated, as it is not just covering, but stretching the fabric or leather to make lines and arch together with the sponge.

Essentials for Stretching Covering Technique

Arch

The arch technique is the soul to make the cushions with a tridimensional elegance. With this arch technique, there is nearly 1cm high falling from the tip of the cushion surface to the piping.





This craftsmanship not only requires the worker to stretch the material with very delicate and proper strength, it also requires the material, for example, the leather to be elastic and tenacious.
Compare the cushions made of Italian Leather and Fabric as below. You can tell the leather version is much more elegant, because the arch is more accomplished with the leather tenacity.
That is also why, with higher-grade leather, the cushions with arch technology look more beautiful.

Flat

Just as we said above, This arch technique requires the worker to stretch the material to cover the sponge with very delicate and proper strength.
If the craftsmanship or material is not qualified, then the surface will not be flat. Compare the outcome from us and others:

Lines

Pipings are made to present the straight lines corresponding the arch, which is also a crucial part of the Barcelona Chair design of art.
But without techniques, some sellers even don't make pipings or the pipings are just crooked.

Button

The most brilliant and superb place from the Barcelona Chair Design, is the designer adding the buttons between lines and arch, which makes a very interesting balance of dot, line and flat.
Enjoy a picture below when we outline this art with different color:


The threat goes from the button on the surface of the front, through the sponge to the bottom of the cushion.

Impossible to offer you just cover

Some customers would ask us to offer them just the cover, and they will cover with their old sponge to save some money.
If you go through the details above, you will understand, it is impossible for you to do the Stretching Covering process by yourself if you need real Barcelona Chair Cushions.
No mention you have no experience to stretch the leather and cover the sponge properly, even simple button craftsmanship, can not be done without professional techniques.
It is NOT we don't want to sell or force you to spend more for the whole cushion, it is just because we don't want you to waste your time and money to get something which will not work for you.