Did you know that “chair caning” is only one of several different design patterns or techniques of chair seat weaving or chair seating? And that there are many, many different kinds of materials to use […]
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This lovely little heavily embellished wicker woman’s chair is an authentic Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company lady’s or photographer’s chair. I’ll show you some of what I had to do to restore it to its nearly
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Many years ago now, way before the invention of cell phones with a built-in camera, I discovered a bunch of old 3 1/2″ floppy disks while cleaning up in the studio and unpacking some boxes
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Upholstering Antique Wicker Perambulator Parasols — Should you or shouldn’t you, that is the question? If the material used in your Victorian reed wicker buggy or perambulator’s parasol is still in relatively good original condition,
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When I first started repairing antique wicker furniture back in the mid-1970s, I would get in a lot of Victorian-era wicker pieces which quickly became my favorite pieces to restore. This favoritism was due to
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Today’s mention is the wonderful photography work of Hawaii based photographer, Lisa Hoang and her three websites, Simply Baby Photography, Lisa Hoang Photography and Windward Skies. A couple weeks ago, Lisa inquired about the wicker
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WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Antique wicker manufacturer’s labels can be an invaluable tool in determining the time frame in which an antique piece of wicker furniture was made. Manufacturers used paper, celluloid, and metal labels, adhering them
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WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Making Repairs to Your Wicker If you are faced with the project of repairing a Victorian wicker rocker or chair that has a fancy cane back like a Spider Web weave or Star
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