Pair of Edwardian library armchairs, newly upholstered in green and gold damask fabric.

Pair of Edwardian Library Chairs

c.1900. Re-upholstered using traditional upholstery methods: hand sprung seat; stuffed, coir and horse hair and hand stitched.  The mahogany show wood has been lightly cleaned, revived and finished with a beeswax polish.

A patterned Art Nouveau damask fabric in pale green, gold and ivory; deep buttoning to backs; trimmed with piping cord.

Price: SOLD

Prices do not include delivery.

Scroll down to see some before, during and after photos of this chair.

Old Edwardian library armchairs with faded and worn fabric.
Old Edwardian library armchair with faded, worn upholstery: side view,
Old Edwardian armchair, worn upholstery - before renovation.
Edwardian chair upholstery, stitched hessian to back
Edwardian chair upholstery - stitching; first stuffing.
Chair upholstery, stitched hessian to chair back .
Edwardain chair re-upholstery, calico stiched to back.
Chair uphlstery - marking out button layout to chair back..
Chair upholstery - marking out button pattern to top cloth.
Edwardian chair upholstery - deep buttoning; positioning top cloth.
Edwardian chair upholstery - deep buttoning; pleating.
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Edwardian chair upholstery - buttoning tie-offs to back.
Edwardian chair upholstery - tying off buttons to back.
Edwardian chair upholstery - black and white webbing to seat.
Edwardian chair upholstery - lashing the seat springs.
Edwardian chair upholstery - lashing the seat springs.
Edwardian chair upholstery - lashing seat spirngs
Edwardian chair upholstery - first coir stuffing to seat.
Edwardian chair upholstery - scrim over first stuffing.
Edwardian chair upholstery - marking out stitching lines..
Edwardian chair upholstery - stitching down first seat stuffing.
Edwardian chair upholstery - stitching down the seat pad: first stuffing.
Edwardian chair upholstery - first stuffing stitched down.
Edwardian chair upholstery - view of webbing to seat.
Edwardian chair upholstery - stitching to seat pad and front edge.
Edwardian chair upholstery - stitched calic over second stuffing.o
Edwardian chair upholstery - damask top cloth to seat.
Edwardian chair upholstery - outside arm.
Edwardian chair upholstery - topcloth to outside arm and attatching decorative piping cord.
Edwardian chair upholstery - bottoming cloth on.
Edwardian chair upholstery - top cloth complete.
Edwardian chair upholstery - close-up of damask top cloth.
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