Armchair

This armchair, probably dating from the 50s or 60s, needed a new cover. The design provides a spacious seat but in a small footprint – a good feature for rooms with limited space, such as a bedroom.

The chair had no cover, just an under cover of old calico fabric. That had suffered goring by cats on the arm fronts and spillage of a soft drink at the back of the seat. 

The task was to remove the old calico and replace with new, then add an FR underlayer and new fabric. The polish work would also be refreshed and the castors cleaned.

The chair was turned over and, without an under cover, fabric was freed on all sides.

The calico at the back was removed, to reveal yellow foam stuffing.

The calico was also  removed at the sides. Both had a smaller, second layer of calico, retaining more yellow foam stuffing.

Calico was freed on  all other sides and pulled off, leaving a cotton wadding layer to seat, back and arms.

With the chair stripped, numbers were noticed at the top of both back legs – 44400 on one and 7444 on the other. The meaning is unknown. 

Time was also taken to refresh the polish work and to clean up the castors. 

New calico was added over all inner faces – seat, back and arms.

The cover fabric was then added over an additional layer of FR polyester wadding.

First the seat, then inner back and the two inner arms.

The foam was replaced under the arm and a retaining piece of calico added.

A larger piece of calico was added to complete the lining.

Piping was added along the top and front sides of the outer arm cover fabric.

This piece was then attached under the arm.

That was then lifted out of the way while FR polyester was added.

The arm fabric was then pulled back and secured in place. The piping was hand stitched down the front.

The foam was replaced in the back and covered first in calico and then FR a polyester wadding. 

Cover fabric was added, this time hand sewn down both sides.

The fabric was then finished off around the legs to both the back and sides.

A hessian under cloth was added to complete the project. 

With the project completed, the chair was returned to it’s owner.

All done!

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