Caning is replacing pre-woven cane found on chairs, benches, etc or replacing cane that is hand-woven onto a chair panel. We 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. The rattan is soaked to soften it and then manipulated into intricate weaves or designs.

There are many types of caning. We offer the following:

• Traditional Hand Caning or Hole-to-Hole or Strand Caning - Strand or hand caning is the most well known of the seat weaving designs and patterns. The traditional seven-step method is woven by hand with individual strands of cane, through holes drilled in the perimeter of the seat, thereby creating the familiar octagon (8-sided), pattern.

Hand caning

• Spline, Pressed, Machine Woven, Sheet, Roll, or Webbing Cane - These are all names for cane that is prewoven on a loom, forming "sheets" of cane, pressed into a "groove" and held in place with reed "spline" and glue. This technique looks similar to hand caning in pattern, (and also comes in many variations), but the cane sits in a groove, rather than being woven through a series of holes in the frame. This loom woven technique of caning and mechanized groove cutting into the chairs was invented in the 1870s. Here are some examples of this type of caning:

Open Mesh - Available in 1/2", 7/16", 3/8", 5/8", 3/4" and 1"	Half-Round Reed Weave	Fine Danish Weave
Superfine Close Weave	Close Weave	Herringbone Weave
Diamond Weave	Herringbone Reed Weave	Star Weave
Fine Radio Weave	Medium Radio Weave

• Rush--Natural Cattail Leaf or Bulrush and Paper Fibre Rush - The rush seatweaving technique uses either natural cattail leaf rush, bulrush or man-made paper fibre rush and is woven around the four seat rungs or dowels, forming four distinct triangles in the seat pattern. Museum pieces or fine old antique chairs are typically woven with bulrush or cattail leaves for authenticity, but because of the degree of difficulty in weaving, extensive time involved, and cost/availability of materials, it is quite expensive. Paper rush is used most often in newer or in chairs of lesser value.

Paper Rush