Search This Blog

Friday, June 20, 2014

1780-1810 Hepplewhite

Upholstery in southern New Hampshire here at Practical Upholstery, re-upholsters this very old Hepplewhite chair with major repairs.
 What a great size piece.
Sure doesn't need an oversize living room to fit this one in.
What a great high sitting height, also.
 Fresh cotton on the seat.
 I conversed with the owner about this. Now that it's time to do it I just couldn't cover up this attention needed.
 Stripped down the old.
 Work up the new with the same traditional fabrics & materials.
 This horse hair is 100 percent the same shape as it was when it was tailored up over 200 years ago.
 Fresh cotton stuffings.

 And the back is the same.
And the back restored.



 All outsides backed & lined with a thin coat of cotton
 The wood freshened up.
 Complete after a good shop clean up.

Please note there are no arm covers.

Thanks for looking!
Practical Upholstery
The #1 blog in all of blogdom
For small town American upholstery shops.

1 comment: