An upholsterer is someone whose job is to make and fit the soft covering on chairs and seats.
upholsterer in British English
(ʌpˈhəʊlstərə)
noun
a person who upholsters furniture as a profession
Word origin
C17: from upholster small furniture dealer; see uphold, -ster, -er1
upholsterer in American English
(ʌpˈhoʊlstərər)
noun
a person whose business is upholstering furniture
Word origin
altered < ME upholdster, altered < upholder, dealer in small or secondhand wares < upholden, to repair (< up-, up- + holden, to keep, hold1): see -ster
Examples of 'upholsterer' in a sentence
upholsterer
He was an upholsterer, married another one of my aunts, Libby, I think.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002)
``Silver here, my darling wife, insists on the services of a particular yacht upholsterer.