Slipcover
A protective cover is a removable cover for seating furniture that is intended to protect the cover material from wear and tear and soiling.
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A slipcover is usually made on a textile basis, sometimes comparable materials such as artificial fur or artificial leather are used. The cover is designed so that it a piece of upholstered furniture, other than a parts covered slipcover that envelops the whole furniture. With protective covers, parts of the furniture, such as the wooden frame, usually remain visible or generally only individual parts of the upholstery that are subject to particular wear are covered by the protective cover. These can be the seat, armrests or headrests or backrests. Depending on the shape of the furniture, the protective cover is made in such a way that it can either simply be slipped over it or held in place with straps, sometimes elastic bands.
Originally, protective covers were supposed to protect valuable and expensive upholstery fabrics from wear and tear. They were therefore mostly made of simpler material so that it was easily possible to replace the slipcover if necessary; It could also be sewn in the household, unlike when re-covering the furniture, no help from a craftsman was necessary here.
Today seat covers are mainly used in motor vehicles , for example to protect the seats from soiling from oily and greasy work clothes. But a protective cover can still make sense in the home, for example if small children or pets use upholstered furniture. Here it is a hygienic advantage that the protective cover can be removed and washed in the washing machine , while the cleaning of a non-removable upholstery material is considerably more difficult. In addition, the protective cover offers the inexpensive option of covering up worn or damaged covers so that no new purchase or a new cover is necessary. The appearance of the furniture can also be easily changed with protective covers, for example to adapt it to a newly designed room.
