Did you know that “chair caning” is only one of several different design patterns or techniques of chair seat weaving or chair seating? And that there are many, many different kinds of materials to use […]
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This wicker chair is listed in the book, Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company Classic Wicker Furniture, The Complete 1898-1899 Illustrated Catalog. It’s on page 33 or [65 & 66] of the original catalog, as a
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While cleaning up out here in the studio and unpacking some boxes that we had stored away, I discovered a bunch of floppy disks. Since I still have a computer with a floppy disk drive,
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Upholstering Antique Wicker Perambulator Parasols — Should you or shouldn’t you, that is the question? If the material used in your Victorian reed wicker buggy or perambulator’s parasol is still in relatively good original condition,
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I am constantly asked by wicker furniture owners and customers if I could please tell them the value of their wicker furniture. But what they don’t realize is that they are asking me for a
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When I first started repairing antique wicker furniture back in the mid-1970s, I would get in a lot of Victorian-era wicker pieces which quickly became my favorite pieces to restore. This favoritism was due to
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Today’s mention is the wonderful photography work of Hawaii based photographer, Lisa Hoang and her three websites, Simply Baby Photography, Lisa Hoang Photography and Windward Skies. A couple weeks ago, Lisa inquired about the wicker
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WEDNESDAY WICKER WISDOM–Antique wicker manufacturer’s labels can be an invaluable tool in determining the time frame in which an antique piece of wicker furniture was made. Manufacturers used paper, celluloid, and metal labels, adhering them
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