Sofas for everyday use need durable fabric. Cotton and linen are winners (but watch out for loose weaves  they can snag). Also terrific synthetic microfiber, which can mimic most fabrics and is stain resistant.

Eric Donaldson, High School student that is fascinated by history. Egyptians were the first to invent chairs. We don't know when the first chair was built but we do know they have been used since ancient times. The first chairs were made of whatever materials that could be found and and were fitted with curved backs.

The wood used under the upholstery is made from kiln-dried maple wood that is free of knots, bark or defects. The show wood of the legs, arms and back can be maple, mahogany, walnut or fruit woods. Sofa padding is made from foam, down, feathers, fabric or a combination thereof.

The most common theories are that the chair was an outgrowth of indigenous Chinese furniture, that it evolved from a camp stool imported from Central Asia, that it was introduced to China by Nestorian missionaries in the seventh century, and that the chair came to China from India as a form of Buddhist monastic.