Expert: Eileen Cronk - 1/2/2009

Question
I recently bought a 1960's floral sofa. the filling on the pillows read urethane foam and polyester fiber. It was done by a store named Atlantic Feather Foam. My question is can there be something in the sofa that would give me an allergy such as horse hair or feathers? I know they used different fillers on custom furniture at that time
thank you

Answer
Hi Mari
Nice to hear from you.
I am a little confused (nothing new for me LOL).
Is this the original upholstery on this sofa or was it recovered by this "Atlantic Feather Foam? (The word feather does not mean it was made with feathers, it means "light as a feather" foam).
Horse hair and feathers where not used as filling in the 60's.
The only time it was used would be in a restoration of a very old sofa to keep it in original state.
You do use the word "custom furniture" in your description so its imperative I get the whole picture and more important you don't get sick.
By law the tags on this type of stuffed furniture must be correct so if the pillows read urethane foam and polyester fiber you can rest assured thats what they are but we don't know about the stuffing in the rest of the sofa as yet.
Please get back to me.
Kind Regards
Eileen