Saturday, June 15, 2013

It has been baffling to me.

Why have some antique dealers put a padded seat over the original cane on chairs?  It not only is ugly - it is just not right!  Hopefully we can rescue some of these chairs before they get a hideous pad on them!

3 comments:

  1. after working for a week to weave my first Cane Seat, I can understand how attractive an alternative might seem. Now, I have to weave the back of the chair, too.

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  2. My mom got so excited when she saw my first woven cane seat and asked me if I could "Fix" three chairs for her. My father had bought them at an antique store and all of them had the caning replaced with a padded seat. She said they were the most uncomfortable things she'd ever sat on.

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  3. I just purchased two lovely antique walnut chairs in Tucson, AZ and I want to buy two of these dreaded chair seats. I know they are ugly and uncomfortable and I am going to cane them soon but want to begin to use them now. Any idea where one can buy them? Thanks.

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