New Hampshire Upholstery Antique Restoration

The chair on the right is the subject at hand.

Probably been 50 years that this chair has been serving.

Try that at your corporate box store furniture outlet.

 I see very few broken coil springs in my work, but this chair had one to replace.

Removal of lots of tacks throughout this piece & new traditional webbing on the bottom base.

 Hand tied coil springs, of course.

 Then tradition calls now for a coat of burlap.

 After dusting out the straw, reset.

 With a stock in house of horsehair, to add where needed.

 Hand sewn nosing, twice.

Then a rich full coat of cotton.

 With all the stuffings set in place, ready for final fabric to be tailored up.

 And a thin coat between the lining & top coat of in stock fabric.

The goal is to build the base up like a drum.

 The inside back reinforced with 7 strips of webbing.

 The wood freshened up with Howards restore-a-finish.

And this chair is ready for a long run.

Thanks for looking!