This chair was brought by client at a car boot sale and needed extensive woodwork repair and cleaning before finishing in a dark wax. 

 

The original upholstery was utilised so as to save on cost but calico was added to help form a better shape and to protect. 

 

I recovered using the client’s own fabric (which was once a curtain).

Interior Designer, Sarah Jane based in Woodbridge designed this chair. 

 

Named as The Duchess.  Sarah designed an eclectic mix and was daring enough to use lime green combined with soft pink piping to help frame. 

 

Where cotton mix (non fire retardant) fabric was used, a calibar base cloth was utilised prior to top fabric fix. 

Original chair was black with dirt and grime so I began by getting al the woodwork cleaned and waxed. 

 

Frame repaired as arms were loose.  Soft wood across seat was removed and a seat built using traditional upholstery methods including webbing, hessian, two stuffings, hard-edge roll to shape and calico to reinforce shape.  Finished with Linwood Velvet and close stud nails to maintain authenticity.

This was a chair which I held in storage - I have many !

 

My client required a statement chair for her hallway so I ripped this down to it's bare wood frame and rebuilt using traditional methods. 

 

Finished to pin-cushion.

This chair’s gorgeous lines were reinforced with calico and the inside back’s buttons re-sited with additional stuffing. 

 

Inside arms buttons were filled and seat reinforced and recovered with calico prior to Matthew Williamson top cover. 

 

Finished with Houles double piping to compliment deep-buttoning (bespoke in-house buttons)