Customer Reviews

The Complete Guide to Chair Caning: Restoring Cane, Rush, Splint, Wicker & Rattan Furniture

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The instructions for weaving a cane seat were much better than the instructions for replacing a rush seat. For the caning section, he could have included some tips for what to do when strands break and better advice for avoiding out-of-whack patterns. Also, the directions for weaving the binder cane were not very clear. For the rush seat instructions, beware the instructions in the beginning where you are told to measure your chair to determine how much of the corners must be filled in in order to "square off" the chair. After you determine the measurements for the chair you are working with you are instructed to "mark off one inch." Don't do it! Mark off the measurement for your chair, not the example chair the author uses.

This is a good book for anyone starting out in chair restoration. Instructions are clear and there are many good illustrations.It gives good basic instructions but no variations in pattern.All in all, it is an excellant starter book.

I found the pictures in this book very helpful, but I really needed more help when my chairs differed from the ones the author was caning. (This is the only section of the book I use.) I've used 3 books and two videos as I have learned to cane (I'm still not very good at it; I take lots of rows out and on one chair had to rip out all of step 5 and most of step 6) and each one has different strengths and weaknesses. The color photos in this book were of great help, although I would have liked closeups of the caning along with photos of the entire finished chairs. I also wish the author had given more helpful hints on how to avoid problems!
I have concluded that the best way to learn how to cane is to take a class or apprentice yourself temporarily to an expert caner. But I'm having fun!

The illustrations are outstanding and the directions for caning a chair are very clear. The directions were very helpful in determining the size of cane to use.

It provided me with all the information I needed and much more. I was very happy to get it.

When it comes to explainging how to apply rush to a chair, words just don't get it (...then over and across then under then thruough...). This excellently-illustrated book shows what words can't explain. If you have never "rushed" a chair--get this book. It covers more than rushing: caning is in there, too (I'm not interested in caning so I'm not reviewing that part of it--which is the largest part of the book).

A great reference for the beginner or professional. Has a lot of good pictures of each step as well as a discussion of the different types of materials used in chair restoration.

While this book did touch on different kinds of restoration, I was hoping for a more complete chapter on actual caning, including different patterns and styles.

Lots of good pictures. haven't gone thru it in depth yet but think it will be helpful for my re-rushing some chairs.

This is an excellent book for added information beyond what we have. There were many useful suggestions and we are glad to have found it in the library and then been able to purchase it so easily. Thank you.