Baker showcased sofas upholstered in silk velvet, and elsewhere suede, wool and mohair (or, at Mitchell Gold, "mohairesque" acrylic) were much in evidence.

Most have two or four bedrooms, small kitchens and spacious sitting rooms, all furnished with antiques and deep sofas upholstered in Irish tweeds and tartans.

He walked through to the bare white-painted sitting room, with its single antique sofa upholstered in carpetbag fabric and its gray steel desk overlooking the window.

Among other things, though, he kept the bedroom set with twin beds, the sofa upholstered in brocade and dripping fringe, and the family crystal and gold-rimmed plates.

She was able to step from behind the steering wheel into the lounge area, which featured built-in sofas upholstered in a hunter-plaid fabric.

She ordered two sofas upholstered in mossy green, totaling $2,000.

Inside, there was a cool air-conditioned lobby with potted palms and a marble floor and old sofas upholstered in damp green velvet that could almost have been moss.

Only the West German president rated his own bathroom and, in an incongruous visual note, also had a suite with chairs and sofas upholstered in hot pink.

The furniture consists of a small desk and two carved gilt, two seater sofas upholstered in red velvet and a pair of torchieres flank the fireplace.

A sofa upholstered with resilient airplane-seat fabric was custom made by Ten 10 (323-663-3603).