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Chair
Recaning
Cane seats deteriorate over
time due to wear, age, and exposure. New rattan can give a chair new life and make it useful again.
I price pre-woven cane by the running inch on the longest rail. Hand woven cane is priced per hole depending on the size and method (traditional, blind, complicated weaves). Contact me to get a quote for your cane replacement.
There
are two basic methods for recaning a chair. Machine-woven
sheet cane is more common in newer chairs and involves
a sheet of pre-woven cane that sits in a groove around
the seat, held in by a binder. Hand-woven cane involves
the actual weaving of the rattan through holes in the
seat perimeter.
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Machine-woven
Cane
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Hand-woven cane |
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 Please note that I do not do wicker repair.
This is another specialty entirely. |
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Machine-woven
Cane
Pre-woven (also called pressed cane or machine-woven) cane is much more common in contemporary chairs and therefore faster and more economical to replace.
I stock a number of different sizes and can custom dye the cane to your specifications. |
Examples of pre-woven cane replacement |
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Hand-woven
Cane |
Hand-woven cane covers a pretty broad area. Generally it is a term applied to areas where holes are drilled around the perimeter and a series of rattan layers are woven through them. However, binder cane (wide) weaves are also hand-woven, but with different patterns and wrapped around a frame.
Hand weaving cane is becoming a lost art, and there are few of us who really apply the traditions to the craft. After several years of weaving, I've found that I have become very particular about how a weave is done. Hand caned chairs hold their value and are often sought after by collectors. Hold onto and maintain your caned furniture!
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Examples of Hand-woven Cane
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 Some shops offer to convert hand caned seats to the machine caned variety to save money, but I highly advise against that as it greatly decreases the value of the chair. Machine caned seats also tend to have a shorter life than hand-caned seats.
I do not convert seats from hand weave to machine weave cane. |
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This chair seat was converted to machine cane years ago, but the back was left hand caned. Once the back was damaged, the owner decided it was best to have the chair restored to its original condition with a hand woven seat. All the old cane came out, new wood replaced what was removed, and holes drilled through to hand cane the seat. |
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| This loveseat had extensive damage. It was double caned - a layer both in front and behind the chair back and arms and a double layer across the seat. Damaged areas were repaired and the damaged area re-woven by hand. |
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These antique bed foot boards had badly damaged cane. One of them had damage that could be repaired while the other was completely rewoven by hand - all 240 holes around the permiter!
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| SPECIAL WEAVES |
| In addition to the traditional patterns, I also weave more complicated patterns such as herringbone, spider weave, etc. If you have a pattern I haven't seen, I'm up for the challenge! |
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This chair had a damaged herringbone seat woven from wide binder cane. It was rewoven and dyed to match the original.
This chair had a damaged herringbone seat woven from wide binder cane. It was rewoven and dyed to match the original.
 This is a Mies Van der rohe cantilever chair. The front section was damaged, so it was replaced and dyed to match the original.
These unique Danish chairs were worn and tired. They featured wide binder weave in a strong, unusual pattern.  These unique Danish chairs were worn and tired. They featured wide binder weave in a strong, unusual pattern.
These Philippine binder cane chairs were a challenge, but came out beautifully.
This delicate chair had a close weave seat that is wrapped around the seat's frame. |
