Restoring/replacing Drevounia Czechoslovakia Bentwood seats from wooden to woven

Discussion in 'Furniture' started by tippi, Jun 10, 2021.

  1. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    We have only one place that I can think of that could be like an antiques mall, 'Antiekcentrum Amsterdam'. Those of you who have been to Amsterdam may know it under its former name, 'de Looier'.
     
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  2. say_it_slowly

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  3. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Very interesting. We have outdoor antique swap meets here but the seller has to load and unload every time and they are not every day. It does give the one timer a place though.
     
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  4. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    We lovingly call those "Phonet". As a caner, I would assess these as not cane-able either by hand, nor with machine-caning. As someone said, the frame is not built for either and too narrow to accommodate any alterations. You need a flush surface with the seat area for hand-caning, and a routed groove to inset web caning and spline. My advice would be to sell them and buy caned ones. caning1.jpg caning2.jpg
     
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  5. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE your name - Wicker Woman!
     
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  6. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    Whoops, not my name, just an image ganked from the internet... sorry!
     
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  7. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Too bad. That’s a great name.
     
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  8. tippi

    tippi Member

    Haha , phonet, as in a portmanteau of phony and Thonet? If so, I like it. Would you recommend selling as broken, or fixing (replacing the wooden base) and then selling? I'm curious how you got to being a caner? Thinking about doing a certificate ii in Furniture Making (trade course). Is it your day job?
     
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  9. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    I am unsure how you would go about repairing that, without seeing it in person. I would predict you would not get much for it, regardless. I learned to cane in Carson City, NV back in the 1970s through a community college course. Since I am a chair collector, I learned so that I could repair my own. I used to hire out, but it was too time-consuming. With arthritis ravaging my hands, I can't anymore regardless!
     
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