motorcycle seats

Here is a few recent motorcycle seats I have done.

This 1st one comes from a 1970's bike.

 Here shows all the rusted out tabs. A few pop rivets will solve this situation!

 And the finished seat. Clean tight wrapped!

This customer has a high sitting large bike. He was on his tip toes balancing his bike. I cut off 1 inch off each side and lowered the seat height by 1 and a half inch. And re designed the pattern.

And finally this high crown front long seat. The owner wanted to tie in his colors to the frame.

Thanks for looking!

A Happy Couple

Here is a great pair of wing backs probably created 40 years ago in the early 1970's.

The pic below shows the frames with all the staples removed from oak frames.

Thats some hard wood. 

 I noticed a broken leg and weak crossbar joint.

Shown reglued.

                               Here is the hand sewn nosing and decking with the stuffings reset.

                                        Fresh cotton on the arms as the old fabric was removed.

                                   Here the inside tailored up and the outside arms and wings backed.

                                                   Fresh thin coat of cotton over the lining.
                                                   I keep in mind not to overstuff furniture.

And the outside back lined and a thin coat of natural cotton.

                                                      Time for new quality foam cushion.
  I used 3 inch foam so not to overstuff this traditional furniture. With a nice glued on polywrap to give the cushion a nice look.

                         With the frames completed and should be good to go for another 40 years!

                                     The damask centered throughout with all tailoring matches exact throughout the pair of chairs.

Thanks for looking!

Practical Upholstery

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Let's start with a 1880's sleepy hollow.
I picked this one out of an auction in keene nh. Chosen from 20 plus years working with furniture with an I for "time tested" functional home furnishings.

This has been gone through "refurbished", from many joints in the frame reglued to retied coil springs, Fresh cotton , etc.

below rebuilt base shown.

 The overall height is a small 34 inches with a 13 inch sitting height.

Great for a bedroom small den or someone with a height of 5 foot or so.

One can choose from over 50 in stock upholstery grade fabrics for the fabric of your choice and most can be seen here. Slide mouse below ad the link will appear.

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The refurbished frame, in stock fabric of your choice tailored up, priced from $360 to $395.

Next up a wing back with ottoman
This chair originally created around the mid 1970's.
Inspected with fresh cotton, stripped and upholstered by an apprentice under the supervision of a master upholsterer. The tailoring is fairly nice. This casual fabric will take a lot of wear.
This chair is highly recommended for a every day use.
 A chair with ottoman sure outlasts a disposable recliner imho.

This would make a great college chair or a treat for yourself for an every evening chair for many years.
Priced to move at $425 complete.

A couple of ottomans
These frames came from a storage area in Gardner Ma. closed down furniture factory.
All new materials. "S" springs in base. Stackable.
Covered with "transitional fabric.
What a great way for extra seating in ones living room.

These ottomans are 19" square with a really nice 14" sitting height.

Ready to move at $245 for the pair.

Thanks for looking.
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empire revival restoration

Created around the turn of the century.

This sentimental restoration on this solid heavy built chair.

what great arms and thick back.

A hundred and ten years from creation and this piece is ready for some attention so it will be ready for another hundred.

Lots of  patina on the exposed mohogony.

                                            First thing I'm gonna get lots and lots of tacks out.
                               There are several layers of repairs that need to come off as well.

Here shows the base (the bottom)

                                                                 And the outside back.

I missed the pic of the excessive tack holes on the base and other areas.

a good filler set in and sanded.

A couple pics of the base and inside back as the layers are peeled off.

 The chair is now  down to the frame.

Gonna glue up some of the frame on the back side across the frame.

                                     All glued and clamped tight with hide glue for the night.

And now i'll reglue the front main beams and support blocks.

Finally reset the arm bases.

                                           And added pre drilled holes with 3 inch screws.

2 on each arm.

The inside back with new webbing and hand sewn attached springs to the webbing.

                                                      New base webbing shown.

Thanks for looking.

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