For over 30 years Cathryn Peters has been a wicker furniture repair and seatweaving expert, basketmaker and consultant to the wicker furniture and basketry industry. She offers advice, writes articles, and teaches classes across the country to perpetuate these fine crafts.
1.) Materials Used in Creating Antique Wicker Furniture
What materials were used in making the Victorian, Art Deco, and Stick Wicker Furniture?
2.) What Are Cane & Reed?
History and descriptions of exactly what the differences are between these chair cane and
rattan reed and how they are used in the construction of wicker furniture and basketry.
3.) What Is Paper Fibre Rush or Paper Wicker?
Description of man-made paper fibre rush and comparison between it and rattan reed,
used in the production of wicker furniture and chair seat weaving.
4.) How-to Care for Wicker Baskets
How-to article and tip sheet on caring for your wicker baskets in your collection.
5.) How-to Care for Your Cane Seat Furniture
How-to article and tip sheet on caring for furniture with cane seats, how to keep them in
great shape!
6.) How-to Care for Antique Wicker Furniture
How-to article and tip sheet on caring for your antique wicker furniture the
best way possible.
7.) How-to Paint Wicker Furniture
Always wanted to know what the steps are for painting your wicker furniture? Everything is explained here, so you’ll feel like a pro!
8.) How-to Repair a Child’s Victorian Wicker Rocker
Step by step how-to article and tip sheet on restoring a child’s Victorian wicker rocker,
complete with step-by-step photos of the process.
9.) How-to Remove Stubborn Chair Reed Spline
How-to article and tip sheet on removing stubborn chair reed spline from the groove,
prior to replacing the new seat cane webbing.
10.) How-to Gather Cattail Leaves
How-to article and tip sheet on the description and gathering of cattail leaves for use in
primarily rush seatweaving projects and basketry.
11.) How-to Process & Weave with Cattail Leaves
How-to article and tip sheet on the processing of and weaving with cattail leaves for use in
seatweaving and basketweaving projects.
12.) Cries of the 1800s Chair Mender
Chair caning history told through a children’s nursery rhyme and a 1800s magazine article about the service of chair seat weaving and mending.
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