WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Today we have a wonderful guest blogger here on Weavin’ Wicker Woman. Richard Saunders is a man that hardly needs an introduction since he’s already so well known in the antique wicker furniture industry. I’ve followed Richard through all his books, but I also remember seeing him on the Good Morning America …
Wicker furniture author and appraiser, Richard Saunders is offering for sale, brand new copies of WICKER FURNITURE: A GUIDE TO RESTORING AND COLLECTING (Crown Publishers; 1990) until his supply runs out. This is a 245-page, large format paperback book, which includes an 8-page color photo section, hundreds of black and white photos and lots of …
I’ve been going through some of the thousands of hard copy antique wicker furniture pictures I have in photo storage boxes, to share with you here on the blog. Today’s subject is a real cutie from the 1890s, it’s a totally woven Victorian reed wicker highchair. This reed wicker highchair has a wooden tray that …
In this post, I am resurrecting a regular series I began in 2009, talking about one specific topic–Antique Wicker Furniture. Wednesday seemed to be a good day of the week to focus on this topic and so began the Wednesday Wicker Wisdom series of posts. Here are a few pictures showing some pieces from the …
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I thought you might enjoy seeing some photos of the antique wicker furniture repair process that goes on when giving these grand old pieces some TLC. Enjoy these “before” and “after” shots and some “during”! Rarely did I take a picture after the piece was either stained or painted, for some odd reason. Guess I …
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Do you have some antique wicker furniture and you’d like someone to tell you what it’s worth? Or maybe you want information about when it was made and by whom? Or how about learning what the material is that was used when it was created? Then you can clean and care for your wicker furniture …
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WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM — Weaving willow coffins I bet that title above for this blog post really took you by surprise, didn’t it? Well, yes willow coffins are being woven over “across the pond” in England and have been for many years. Here’s a wonderful video by my friends at The Somerset Willow Company, LTD …
WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Wonderful Wicker by Bonnie Gale Wow! Try reading and saying that title quickly three times in a row, bet ‘cha can’t do it! Bonnie Gale is a willow basketmaker, instructor and grower living here in New York, but is originally from England. She teaches her craft all over the country at basketry …
