I absolutely love working on armchairs and wingback chairs.   The older they are, the more sturdy, well crafted and loved they are...

 

Many armchairs I’ve ‘revived’ have been nearly 100 years old.  Lots of customers tell me how their chairs were once their Grandmother’s and how, they couldn’t bear to part with the chair for sentiments’ sake but needed it to fit in with their current décor and/or to make a statement piece so as to do the heirloom justice.

 

Often, old armchairs need to have a ‘new bottom’.  This might entail new webbing or just a new seat box cushion (often the foam should be replaced; in the very least, due to modern fire regulations). Sometimes, if the chair is hair filled, the hair needs to be replaced due to being dust-filled.  Not a problem.  These days, traditional upholstery can use hypo-allergenic fibre and hair which provides the same method and texture without the allergy risk.  

 

You might recognise the chair you own as being a Parker Knoll.  An iconic wingback style and a make that I’m extremely practised in revamping.