On Sun 13 Jan 2008 08:27:34p, Goomba38 told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> Back many years ago in anothe lifetime, I worked as a licensed interior
>> designer. I hate to bring ethnicity into this, but it always seemed to
>> be either Jewish or Italian clients with "a bit" of money who had
>> literally everything covered in plastic...custom made plastic
>> slipcovers, lampshade covers, you name it. It was hard not laugh on a
>> first visit.
>>
> LOL.. you're kidding? Who made them? I've heard of them as jokes, but
> have never actually seen any (thankfully!)
>

Back in the day, the "best" ones were known as "cast vinyl" slipcovers.
There were a couple of local companies that specialized in making these.
They could custom slipcover anything! Usually they used clear vinyl, but
some that I saw were tinted pale shades of color. Unbelievable!

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Wayne Boatwright

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Date: Sunday, 01(I)/13(XIII)/08(MMVIII)
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