A. Don’t despair; chair-caning is not a lost art. There are two kinds of caning, says Cathryn Peters, who runs a Web site dedicated to seat weaving and wicker repair (wickerwoman.com). The original ...
Q-I have several chairs with cane bottoms that have bottomed out after many years. The woven cane seats are held in place by a strip of cane glued into a groove. How can I salvage the chairs?
Grandma’s old rocking chair with the intricate herringbone weave has been in your family for several generations. Years of use have taken their toll, and it’s clear that you need a weave doctor. So ...
In your article on chair caning [“A Good Caning Can Change a Bad Chair,” Aug. 23], you omitted Cane and Basket Supply Co. in midcity L.A. [1283 S. Cochran Ave., (323) 939-9644, www.canebasket.com].
Lin Golombosky never planned on caning chairs for a living. The Willington resident had worked for 10 years as a union carpenter, a job she describes as the best years of her life. As time passed, ...