Friday Feature
I couldn’t wait until next week for the Wednesday Wicker Wisdom post. So decided to blog about this lovely heart-shaped Victorian wicker settee, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
*Editor’s Note: This post was written in 2011
Isn’t this a great wicker piece? The owners contacted me about it through a column I write at AllExperts.com.
I’ve been volunteering there as an expert on antique wicker furniture and chair seat weaving since 2007.
The owners were wondering if I could shed some light on the piece. It’s part of a three-piece set they recently acquired, making it a very nice Victorian wicker set, indeed.
From what they’ve told me so far, there are a gentleman’s chair and a lady’s chair, besides the settee.
They also said that all three pieces are in excellent condition and in their original unpainted finish.
After I receive more pictures, I’ll be able to tell these wicker pickers a bit more about their wicker set.
But until then, aren’t the curlicues, wooden beads, and the scrolls under the arms wonderful?
The open-weave cane webbing seat insert is not original and was replaced at some point.
Typically, this wicker furniture’s era had close-woven cane webbing seats to avoid detracting from the heavily embellished back and arms.
There’s quite a remarkable story behind this picture, involving two relatively new pickers in Florida. I’ll tell you all about it on the Wednesday Wicker Wisdom post!
Stay tuned for more about this Victorian Heart-Shaped Wicker Set in Part 2…
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Happy Weaving, until next time!
I love the ‘heart back’ settee. I have made several of them, always in brown, for doll houses. I have never seen the real thing only pictures.
Hi Glenda,
Isn’t this a lovely piece of antique wicker furniture? Interesting to hear that you make wicker dollhouse furniture. I’ve made a few pieces myself and really like it and at one time, even thought of making them for a living, getting out of the repair business. I’m curious though, why do you prefer to make the wicker settees in the brown instead of the white?