Tub Chair

This small tub chair needed a new cover and a rather better padded seat. Some of the cover was stained black and the legs had an old, stained and faded, gold coating.

The chair was tipped on its back and the undercloth removed. The old webbing was sagging and some of the holding tacks had fallen out. The webbing will need replacing.

The fixings for the outside cover under the frame were removed.

The slip stitching around the sides of the arms and back was snipped and the outside cover – three pieces of fabric machine sewn together – was removed.

Below the outer cover was a hessian support cloth. It had clearly been reused as evidenced by the empty tack holes. Whatever the history, it was removed and will be replaced.

The tacks around the top, bottom and tack rail on the outside of the seat were all removed. That allowed the inside cover to be removed.

With the trim removed and the gimp pins holding the fabric, the seat cover was removed.

The seat was turned over again and the sagging webbing removed.

New webbing was added with the original springs held in place with twine. The flatter finish pushed the seat up.

The old gold finish to the legs was removed with paint stripper. The bare wood was sanded to a smooth finish, then stained and French polished – fine wire wool being used to improve the finish. Finally the legs were wax polished and buffed to give a pleasing sheen.

Some additional felt was added to the seat before the new cover was added over barrier cloth.

The fabric for the inner back was then added. The seat and inner back fabric passing to the back.

New support cloth was added around the outer back, covering the edges of the inner back and seat fabric.

The seat front was finished off, folded over the arm front fabric and attached at the lower corner.

The outer back fabric was then added, slipped stitched around the back and arms.

A new undercloth was added.

The final step was to add gold braid around the seat front, finishing behind the front legs.

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