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The Furniture Doctor, Inc. can safely remove any number of finishes to reveal the true character of your piece.
The Furniture Doctor's standard finish is a 16-step, hand rubbed lacquer finish in choice of sheen, depending on your preference, is specially formulated to be alcohol, water and scratch resistant.
Caning and splints used are of the finest quality, hand sorted materials available.
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  Caning (furniture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the context of furniture, caning is a method of weaving chair seats and other furniture.
Caning material is derived from the skin of rattan vines grown mostly in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia.
Caning or cane is a term which is incorrectly generically used to describe any woven seat.
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 Caning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caning is corporal punishment with a cane, generally on the buttocks, palm or the soles of the feet.
Caning was practiced as a judicial punishment for juveniles but was best known as a method of discipline in schools.
The use of the cane dates principally to the late nineteenth century, when educationalists sought to replace birching with a form of punishment more suitable to contemporary sensibilities.
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 Caning [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Caning was practiced as a judicial punishment for juvenilesJuvenile has a number of uses: A juvenile can be an individual organism that has not yet reached its adult form, maturity or size; for humans this is called a child.
Use of the cane was standard in English schools of all descriptions throughout the 19th and most of the 20th centuries, with the frequency and severity of canings determined by the traditions of the school.
Caning is still retained in Malaysia and Singapore, where fit male criminals under 50 years of age can be sentenced to a maximum of 24 strokes of the rotan (rattanRattan is the name for the roughly six hundred species of the genera Calamus and Daemonorops used for furniture and baskets.
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 Caning or Canework
The technique of caning was wholly different from that used by basket makers, for the split canes were interlaced to form an open mesh.
Caned furniture was known in the British North American colonies, and may have been introduced shortly after it first became popular in England.
Cane was used in the Capitol in Williamsburg, Va., early in the 18th Century, where the Journals of the house of burgesses of Virginia, 1702-1712, in an entry for April 3, 1702, listed for the furniture for the Council Chamber that included "two doz.
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 Furniture Doctor - Home
Caning can be returned to you in 3 days or less.
Bob Golub says, “I am strictly furniture.” He was turned on to fixing damaged and neglected furniture while selling furniture for his father-in-law.
Bob Golub offers only machine caning, in which a sheet of prewoven caning material is fitted into the chair seat, much like a screen is fitted into an aluminum window frame.
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 Chair Caning & Seat Weaving Supplies
Natural strand cane or chair cane, as it is commonly called, is made from the outside bark of rattan (a tropical vine).
Natural binder cane is much like strand cane in that it is also made from rattan peel; but it has been cut wider and thicker.
It is a very versatile material; it is used to cover the holes in hand caning, as a seating material using the tight weave technique, as a wrapping material on wicker and rattan furniture, and as a weaver for basketry.
www.franksupply.com /handcaning.html   (967 words)

  
 CANE FURNITURE
Chair cane is made from the bark of the rattan plant.
Machine cane comes already woven and is held in a groove by a reed spline.
Step 7– depending on the cane furniture age, before 1850’s most holes were filled with center cane.
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 Caning (furniture) Definition / Caning (furniture) Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Storage furniture is used to hold or contain smaller objects such as tools, books, and household goods.
Furniture can be a product of artistic design and is considered a form of decorative art.
Caning material is derived from the skin of rattanRattan is the name for the roughly six hundred species of the genera Calamus and Daemonorops used for furniture and baskets.
www.elresearch.com /Caning_(furniture)   (296 words)

  
 Chair Caning, Wicker Repairs & Caning Supplies
Gina Peers specializes in caning, wicker furniture repair and restoration.
Experienced weaver and craftsperson, Gina owns Peers Caning, a company that specializes in repairing cane and wicker furniture located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
If you live too far away to attend a class, or want to try caning on your own, complete caning kits are available.
www.peerscaning.com   (114 words)

  
 Furniture Pads & Cups: Restorers Affiliate, Highland Hardware, PIONEER PACKAGING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
These caning wedges are used to hold seating cane in groove while inserting spline.
On projects where holes are drilled around the outside edges of the area to be caned, unwoven chair cane must be used.
Both machine pre-woven cane webbing and unwoven chair cane are made from the same material.
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 Chair Caning
Cane is woven through these holes to form a seat.
Cane is the bark of rattan which is cut into strips by a machine.
Both splint and flat reed are used for indoor furniture while flat oval reed and binding cane are used for outdoor.
www.knownet.net /users/dantran/neatseats.index.htm   (1478 words)

  
 Wicker repair supplies and materials for caning and other rattan furniture.
This cane is used for weaving chair seats and is quite often used on wicker as a wrap on legs, arms, some joints and some other areas, usually where two or more pieces of large diameter reed or bamboo need to be held together.
Cane is cut from the outside of rattan reed.
Cane is very thin, the inside is rough and dull and the outside is hard and shiny.
www.refinishfurniture.com /reed_pics.htm   (285 words)

  
 The Caning Shop - Catalog - Caning & Wicker Furniture Books
This is the only book with detailed instructions on designing and building rattan furniture.
Specific instructions on building 10 rattan furniture pieces.
Well written and photographed step-by-step instructions for hand caning, naural rush, flat reed and ash splint and using seagrass, rope and twine on chair seats.
www.caning.com /furniturebks.html   (287 words)

  
 Repairing rattan furniture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chair caning, also known as wickerwork, is a process by which cane (slender, flexible stem) is wrapped around a chair frame to make a pattern.
Several types of material are used for chair caning, including grass rush (a marsh plant with a cylindrical stem), Danish cord (a three-ply twisted paper cord) and twisted sea grass.
Linz said she has to be careful with chair caning because it requires the use of sharp tools.
observer.thecentre.centennialcollege.ca /features/CNIBfurniture170402.htm   (354 words)

  
 Furniture Repair Directory--Chair Caning and Seatweaving Experts--WickerWoman.com!
Her speciality is the cane and rush seat weaving, although she has reproduced a dozen different types of weaves and always enjoys a new challenge.
Prewoven cane replacement, and 7-step hand cane weaving are expertly handled, along with structural frame repairs, traditional upholstery, upholstery repair, and finish spot repair using appropriate conservation and preservation techniques.
Specializing in all types of chair caning, paper fibre and pre-twisted natural rush, Danish cord, splint, and Shaker tape weaving, and wicker furniture restoration.
www.wickerwoman.com /repairdirectory_seatweaving.html   (2953 words)

  
 Yorkville Caning, Inc.
With over a hundred years of experience in repairing museum-quality furniture, we are the furniture repair experts.
It is a wonderful showcase of some very fine furniture, and if you are unsure of the name and style of the chair you own, it can be a valuable resource.
We also excel in glueing and dowelling of all chairs and furniture, museum quality wicker restoration, Danish chair repair, and general repair and restoration of all kinds of furniture.
www.yorkvillecaning.com   (141 words)

  
 Caning - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It was a common punishment throughout Europe and North America for many centuries, but has now been banned in most countries.
Judicial caning, carried out with a long rattan rod, was a feature of some colonial judicial systems.
Caning is still retained in Singapore and Malaysia, where fit male criminals under 60 years of age can be sentenced to a maximum of 24 strokes of the rotan (rattan) cane on the buttocks.
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 Rattan reed wicker repair materials
Rattan reed will crack in wicker furniture if it becomes too dry so it's a good idea to keep it maintained with oil, but when it does break, then repair is necessary.
Paper Cane is an option when strength isn't a factor, such as cabinet doors and partitions.
Caning Needle This 21'' long steel needle is perfect for weaving unwoven cane.
www.refinishfurniture.com /cat_wicker.htm   (484 words)

  
 Caning, Correctional Industries - New Hampshire Department of Corrections
Damaged, dried-out, and broken sections can be removed from your caned furniture and replaced with expertly hand woven new cane.
Our services include: fiber rush, shaker tape, ash splint, pressed cane, and binder cane repairs.
This service is especially useful when an irreplaceable antique has been damaged or one chair in a matching set needs repair.
www.nh.gov /nhdoc/nhci/furniture/caning.html   (82 words)

  
 custom antique furniture restoration / conservation / repair - Chicago & Illinois suburbs directory
McHugh, Ficks Reed and Gustav Stickley, to name a few, are all known for their distinctive designs and are synonymous with quality American wicker furniture.
Each piece of furniture is upholstered in the fabric of your choice.
Furniture designers, made to order wood and upholstered furniture.
www.abstractpublishing.com /restoration/furniture.html   (949 words)

  
 Chair Seating and Caning - Learn How To Make A Chair Seat
Suppliers of rattan, caning materials and basketry supplies, chair re-caning, rattan and wicker furniture repairs and restores.
Cane, slab rattan, prewoven cane, spline, fiber rush, Danish cord, flat fiber, Shaker tape, seagrass, cut ash splint and other chair seating supplies.
Cane, plastic cane, fibre rush, Danish Cord, Sea Grass, Natural Rush (cattail), pretwisted natural rush, flat reed and ash splints, round reed for wicker repair, Shaker tape, cane webbing, tools and accessories.
www.basketmakers.org /topics/bytechnique/chairseating/chairseatmenu.htm   (740 words)

  
 Ace Furniture Refinishers, Furniture Caning, Antique Repairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Caning is replacing pre-woven cane found on chairs, benches, etc or replacing cane that is hand-woven onto a chair panel.
Ace Furniture has a specialist that can hand-weave cane into your piece and stain it to match any other existing pieces or color scheme.
Cane is made out of rattan, commonly found in Asia.
www.acefurniturerefinishers.com /furniture_caning.htm   (125 words)

  
 R. Bennett's Emporium Refinishing: Chair Caning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Today long pieces of cane, which is the bark of the rattan plant, is used.
All chairs should be in fine repair and have their final finish before beginning the caning.
Pre-woven cane: (Also known as press cane or cane webbing.) With the advent of the machine age, pre-woven cane became prevalent.
www.emporiumrefinishing.com /caning.html   (379 words)

  
 Kovels Yellow Pages - Furniture
C & H Supply Reproduction brass hardware, wood and porcelain knobs, table parts, chair caning supplies, replacement chair seats, short bed rails, cannonballs for iron and brass beds, replacement trunk parts, pie safe tins, icebox hardware, kitchen cabinet hardware, flour bins.
Caning Shop Complete selection of chair caning, basketry, and gourd-crafting supplies, books, and tools.
Cane, webbing spline, reed, rattan poles, sea grass, ash splints, hickory bark, rawhide, shaker tape, gourds, basketry dyes, hoops and handles, pressed fiber seats, raffia, waxed linen threads, etc. Danish furniture repair.
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 The Strippers Furniture Refinishers of Appleton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Furniture polishes may contain wax and are not recommended.
The type of paint, stain, topcoat, and the detail and size of the piece of furniture all effect the cost of stripping.
Bring in the item if it is small, or if it is a piece such as a dresser or dining room suite, bring in a drawer or table leaf so we can give you a better estimate of what your cost will be.
www.thefurniturerefinishers.com /faq.html   (806 words)

  
 Berkeley: Caner repairs works from around the world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But those with a torn caned seat or a broken wicker rocker know that Widess' shop is one of the few places where they can get their furniture restored.
The Caning Shop maintains a steady business with five employees who spend hours, even days, on a piece of furniture, whether it's a dining room chair or a family heirloom shipped over from Europe.
While half of the business is devoted to restoring cane, wicker, rush and Danish furniture, the other half is made up of retail sales and mail order for caning supplies, basketry and, yes, gourds.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/14/EBGKCALN1R1.DTL   (1164 words)

  
 Hernando: With cane, she's able
Many antique furniture pieces of wicker or rush, or with cane inlays, suffered from aging and needed to be refurbished before they could be sold.
With caning popular from pioneer times, the Victorian era and into the mid 1900s, most of the pieces that clients now take to Barnes are antiques.
The chair reassembled, she then fashioned inch-wide cane into a closed "porch weave," authentic to the era.
www.sptimes.com /2005/03/30/Hernando/With_cane__she_s_able.shtml   (867 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
One of the earliest woven chair seats is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Collection.
Other kinds of woven chair seats include Juncaceae Rush (natural and paper), Danish Cord, Shaker Tape, Binder Cane, Flat Reed and Splint.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Caning (furniture).
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 Caning Books and Videos
It provides step by step instructions for installing cane in chairs with a spline and groove.
Cane along with Linda Hickman, a professional chair weaver.
This book is written by an expert in wicker restoration who shares his trade secrets for flawless repairs.
www.furnitureknowledge.com /caning_books_and_videos.htm   (320 words)

  
 Furniture Restoration Supplies and Advice by Furniture Knowledge
Furniture Restoration Supplies and Advice by Furniture Knowledge
We have the furniture restoration supplies and advice to help you with your Woodworking and Furniture building Projects!
Your complete online resource for furniture restoration supplies and advice to help you with your woodworking and furniture building projects, including wood furniture refinishing supplies and furniture staining tips, furniture building advice and equipment, wood furniture repair parts, trunk hardware, chair caning supplies, woodworking books and woodworking tools for sale.
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