Sometimes chairs come in which need a good fixing before the seats can be replaced. By the time this chair was competed it was ready for another fifty years of bottoms.
Category Archives: Caning
Busy Chair Workroom
Fingers are flying, and chair seats are filling in. With help, of course.
Summertime
It has been a busy summer here at Woodside Workshop. Here are some of the projects I’ve completed. See if you can spot the cat.
Antique Fornication Chair
Who knew there was such a thing? This beautiful, large chair dominated my workroom for a month as I patched, reglued, wove, stained and shellacked it back into stability. It is the first time I’ve had to incorporate the back into the weaving. I think the result is worth the extra effort. What do youContinue reading “Antique Fornication Chair”
Three Antique French Chairs
Three antique French chairs arrived by taxi and were handed into my care. Pretty and delicate, two of the frames and one of the seat frames needed some regluing to stabilize them before the caning could begin. I used our trusted Bessey clamps for the former and a strap clamp for the latter and standardContinue reading “Three Antique French Chairs”
A Complicated Pattern
One of a set of chairs came in for a re-weave, so there was no room for error. I was excited. The first layout reminded me of the sun’s rays and then the building of something vaguely Egyptian, a headdress perhaps. The tight weave then rippled outwards to the upper corners followed by curved wavesContinue reading “A Complicated Pattern”
A Family Favourite
This pretty rocker bought many decades ago at an auction came to the workshop needing a new seat. On removing the old, broken cane I found the front rail of the seat frame needed some work before I could begin. Its dowel joints were loose and the wood between the holes was beginning to split;Continue reading “A Family Favourite”
90 Years Old and 90 More to Come
This rocking chair had an interesting double frame system where the caning was supported by one, which was then reattached to the chair frame. At some point in the chair’s history, someone had covered the hole with plywood and upholstered the seat but the owners wanted it restored to its original iteration. The work beganContinue reading “90 Years Old and 90 More to Come”
Nursing Rocker
This beautifully refinished nursing rocker came into the workshop just after the Victorian Rocker that many of you have been watching the repair updates on. The white paint was stripped off it when its owner was in high school and now he’s retired he is getting around to having what used to be covered withContinue reading “Nursing Rocker”
Well Loved Victorian Style Rocker
This beauty came to me at the end of last week. She’s a head-scratcher; I wonder how I’m going to replace those broken curlicues? and reweave the cane into the broken arms? A fun challenge. Work began with the removal of the seat. If you’ve looked at my previous post, you’ll have seen some ofContinue reading “Well Loved Victorian Style Rocker”
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