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Email
furniturerepairshop@aol.com
Phone
07435 150 150

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Rush seat replacement

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Traditional rush seating is made from bulrush which is a wetland grass-like plant. Once dry it is hand twisted and woven over and around the seat frame. There are other materials used for weaving seats such as seagrass, paper fibre rush, pre twisted rush and Danish cord.

If you send some images through then I should be able to tell you which material is best suited to your chair.

The chair below is a lovely Cherry wood rocker that came into the workshop needing its seat replacing. Newly woven rush seats have a greenish tinge, but over time it will mellow to the golden colour you would normally associate with a rush seated chair.

Cane seat replacement

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Caning is the art of weaving rattan cane or rattan peel together to form a decorative pattern similar to the example above. The process was introduce to England in the second half of the 17th Century.

These chairs came into the workshop in a poor state and had to be completely taken apart. The joints were then cleaned and reglued using traditional hide glue, and new pegs were put through the joints. The polish work was revived and the seats recaned the traditional way,
The new cane work was then coloured to match the existing cane on the back of the chairs.

How to find me

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For a free, no-obligation estimate please email me at the address below and include a contact number.

Visits to the workshop are by appointment only, so please email or phone to avoid the possibility that I might not be there!

I respond to all emails, usually within 24 hours. If you haven’t received a reply within this timeframe, please check your spam/ junk folder.

Unit 1 Engine Shed Lane
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UP

Phone: 07435 150 150

furniturerepairshop
@aol.com