Woven Chair Seat

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Woven chair seat. This cane weaving material comes from the rattan palm and is imported from places like malaysia asia china africa and the philippines to the usa. Diy woven fabric chair seat makeover malita shaver. Traditional hole to hole chair caning is a well known seatweaving technique woven by hand one strand at a time laced through a series of drilled holes in the frame using a material called cane. How to re cane a chair seat in under 10 mins duration.

This traditional chair seatweaving method is woven by hand with individual strands of cane through holes drilled in the perimeter of the seat thereby creating the familiar octagon 8 sided pattern. Strand or hand caning is the most well known of the seat weaving designs and patterns. Often the chair frame is solid but no one is interested in reweaving the rush bottom. When i found 5 old chairs in the rafters of a barn i decided to hack them with paracor.

Visit any antique or second hand furniture store and you ll find great old chairs such as these solid cherry ladderbacks that are bargain priced because their woven seats have worn out. It s fairly easy to find old wooden chairs with broken out seat bottoms.