Laura Ashley Chair

The seat ready for work.

This well built and substantial Laura Ashley Chair just had a grubby cover to replace.

The construction of this modern chair, while nothing like a traditional chair, still leant itself to having a new cover.

Under the seat of the chair.

First, the seat cushion was removed and the chair tipped on its back, the front legs unscrewed and the under cloth removed – exposing the fixings for the cover fabric.

Outer back with fabric removed.
The back of the chair.

The outer back fabric was then removed. The fixings for fabric wrapped around from the top and sides, as well as emerging through gaps in the frame sides, were also removed.

Old cover still on outer arm and wing.
Outer arm and wing fabric removed.

The fabric for the outer arm was removed. That allowed the outer wing fabric to be removed as well.

Inner fabric being removed - start with the inner back.
Inner fabric being removed - start with the inner back.

At the front, the arm fronts holding the inner and outer arms were removed.

Inner wing and arm covers freed.

The inner back fabric was then pulled away – all fixings having been removed earlier.

The last fixings for the inner arms were taken out and those two pieces – that were sewn together – were pulled off.

Chair stripped.

The recovering could now be started, reversing the sequence. The front legs were screwed back into place to keep the chair level.

Seat fabric added.
Inner back fabric to be added.

The first piece of fabric was added to the seat, fixed in place except for the front corners.

Next the inner arm and wing pieces – already sewn together were put in place and secured.

All inner fabric added.

The inner back was added – completing the inside.

Piping added and wing to be covered.
Wing on, outer arm to be covered.

At the side, piping was added around the wing. Then support hessian and barrier cloth were added before the cover fabric was secured.

Chair ready for its back cover.

For the outer arms, the cover fabric, barrier cloth and support fabric were added under the arm and across the bottom of the wing, before being pulled down and secured.

Arm cover - former, foam and covered.
New fabric on with seat front to finish.

The arm fronts were cleared of the old fabric, before the cover fabric was added and fringed with piping.

Finished chair from a back corner.

These were knocked into place on the arms before the seat corners were finished.

New undercloth added.

Piping was added to the top and sides of the back. The covers were then added.

Finished chair from the front.

To complete the recovering, an under cloth was added.

JBerryUpholstery has many examples of furniture Recovering and Restoration and also Soft Furnishings to add to or complement the finished items. You can see pictures of these in the Galleries – Recovering Gallery, Restoration Gallery, Soft Furnishings Gallery and Transformations.

Finished chair from a front corner.

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