Old Chairs Reseated

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 7, 13 October 1948, Page 3

Old Chairs Reseated

In many attics there are bedroom chairs discarded because their cane seats have perished. The housewife who needs extra furniture may easily renovate these old chains as “seating” is not difficult even for the inexperienced. Cane may be difficult to come by just now and the worker may have to fall back on plastic thonging which makes. a good substitute. She should select a ribbon one about one-eighth inch wide and will need about 24 yards. Before weaving, the remains of the old cane seat must be removed. A steel knitting pin is an effective tool for clearing obstructions. Next having cleaned and polished the chair frame the reseating can be begun. First thread the thonging from back to front of the seat, then work over the first lines of the thonging from side to side 'of the chair. Finally still working over the two previous surfaces of thong thread diagonally.. By this time, a firm springy chair seat will appear though as yet the strands are not. woven together. After two threadings the holes will tend to fill and if wished you can reduce the number of diagonal threadings. If the threading holes are roomy a tapered end of thonging may easily be poked upward or downward through the frame. When you have finished neaten the back of the chair seat by catching the beginnings and ends of the thonging under three or four of the stitches below the wooden frame. The chair will then be as good as new.