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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 548166, member: 5170&quot;]Hey JohnL:</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re game, you might want to flip the chair over and peel back a wee bit of the black liner on the bottom. You may see holes in the underside of the seat frame through which the caning was stitched, which you can kinda sorta see in my example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been told that the caning on the seat on my chair dates back to before the Civil War, and from the looks of things that may be true. If you track down someone who does stitch caning in your area, you may find that it&#039;s easier than you think to restore your chair. Not that it would be worth a lot in today&#039;s depressed market, but the chair would certainly look better IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may just be my 21st century self, but I&#039;m way too big to sit on the above chair, and I&#039;m not a big guy. It&#039;s just so fragile now, it&#039;s more like an art object than a chair, as James observed in another thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, you have a cool chair, and an old one to boot. Nice post!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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