The Blue Mountain, Miss., maker of upholstered and casual dining room furniture said that Gene P. Tate was elected a director, succeeding David W. Zalaznick, who resigned.
Seating is for four and the nicely upholstered front seats felt fine.
There, amid colonial-style chandeliers, historic oil paintings and the oriental rugs was a table and a large, upholstered chair for the president from which to preside at the unprecedented news conference.
Or the administration might want to wait till after the election and give the post to Pat Buchanan, an unfailingly creative prose artist who recently dubbed the agency the "upholstered playpen of the arts and crafts wing of the Democratic Party."
This fabulously wealthy son of a Jewish banker in Berlin liked opera to be as upholstered and tasseled as a sofa.
The antique grandfather clock, upholstered chairs and framed etchings on the walls contrast starkly with Mr. Heller's sparse office, which is heated by a coal-burning stove.
But a collection of Ralph Lauren upholstered sofas and chairs made by Frederick Edwards Co. has been an "absolute" hit, says David Snyder, head of Marshall Field's home-furnishings department.