
One of 4 Louis vx style chairs to upholster. The modern upholstery (foam and rubber) was removed. Extremely hard wood to work with.
Once the webbing, base hessian, hair and scrim were added and regulated to start to form the seat rolls were created around the edge. To start with a blind stitch is used to pull the hair towards the sides of the seats then another stitch, the top stitch, is used to create the roll.
Corners – I found the corners very difficult on the the back of this piece because of its shape. A small v was cut either side of the back piece and then tucked around the seat.
The arm uses exactly the same process as the seat.
Once I had the the hessian on, and the seat formed I covered the piece in Calico and then skin wadding before adding the top fabric. I started with the back of the char which also needed to be covered as it was an open backed chair. I tacked the back fabric on trying to centre the main design and then stapled the fabric on, I then add fleece to pad out the back followed by calico and then the top fabric but turning the fabric under before securing it.
Once I had the back pieces on I tackled the seat. I tried to centre the fabric again matching it to the back design and I had to make four cuts to the seat fabric – two at the front and two at the back. The back to cuts where particularly challenging to do. I had several attempts at this!
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