Recaning a chair or other piece of furniture can lead to some problems for novices. For example, getting the material to stay in place before inserting a new spline. One of the first things to do is ...

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Heather Hewitt bought the cane-backed Baroque-style armchair more than 50 years ago when she was modeling for the Ford Agency and living with her husband, Simon & Schuster editor Andrew Ettinger, in ...

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Dorothy Laye sits quietly as her hands precisely weave a pattern on an old cane chair. None of the people around her, or their chatter, pose a distraction. Laye, 76, worked for 34 years as a math ...

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This story couldn’t begin without telling you first of the craftsmanship that Sheldon Stowe has for caning (a method of weaving chair seats and other furniture). Caning is a craft that has been done ...