Many people today believe that furniture – any kind of furniture, whether cabinets, chairs or upholstered furniture – has the ability to tell people about the time or the era in which it was created. For example, many pieces of upholstered furniture, standing in our homes or in a museum, can tell not only about the achievements of furniture production, but also about the way of life of people living in those early days. For example, today, many models of sofas and armchairs are completed with cute plump pads, and in ancient Egypt, women ate and slept on soft mats, and under their heads instead of pillows was placed a wooden stand. This article, therefore, deals with the most important aspects of this topic, namely the history of the appearance and development of upholstered furniture, classification and arrangement in the interior.