Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats
Restore and repair antique or worn-out chairs with this handy guide. Learn how to make repairs yourself and skip the high costs of professional craftsmen. With clear demonstrations of weaving patterns and processes, this book will guide you through preparing your chair, gathering tools, weaving, and finishing. Even beginners will enjoy success with easy-to-understand, illustrated, step-by-step instructions. Projects include cane seats, Shaker tape seats, and rush seats.
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Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats
Restore and repair antique or worn-out chairs with this handy guide. Learn how to make repairs yourself and skip the high costs of professional craftsmen. With clear demonstrations of weaving patterns and processes, this book will guide you through preparing your chair, gathering tools, weaving, and finishing. Even beginners will enjoy success with easy-to-understand, illustrated, step-by-step instructions. Projects include cane seats, Shaker tape seats, and rush seats.
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Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats

Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats

by Skills Institute Press
Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats
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Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats

Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Handbook: Illustrated Directions for Cane, Rush, and Tape Seats

by Skills Institute Press

Overview

Restore and repair antique or worn-out chairs with this handy guide. Learn how to make repairs yourself and skip the high costs of professional craftsmen. With clear demonstrations of weaving patterns and processes, this book will guide you through preparing your chair, gathering tools, weaving, and finishing. Even beginners will enjoy success with easy-to-understand, illustrated, step-by-step instructions. Projects include cane seats, Shaker tape seats, and rush seats.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781637415511
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date: 08/01/2012
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 32
File size: 32 MB
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About the Author

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

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This book will detail the basics of making chair seats, from weaving with cloth tape, rush, or cane to simple upholstery with cloth or leather. Also covers chair repair.

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