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I received an office chair from a friend - a yard sale find. The chair had a damaged caned seat. Unfortunately the friend removed all the caning. There are about 90 holes in the chair frame. I was reviewing questions on this web site and found a link to a furniture restorer business that had replacement seats in leather and in some sort of pressed fabric. I am not sure how these seats would be affixed to this chair.
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Hi Jennifer
Nice to hear from you.
I would use the pressed fabric you refer to.
Darned if I can remember the proper name of it but I have used it many times for replacing these seats. Its surprisingly sturdy.
Installation it simple.
Just trim the piece to fit into the depressed area of the seat and tack it in place from the top with some nice decorative tacks. I would place some masking tape all around the outer edge of the depressed area and mark where all the holes are so you can avoid them when you tack.
Make sure you make a carboard template of the hole so you get the trimming correct.
Do this by placing a piece of cardboard under the seat and tracing the hole size. Then to this add the width of the depression (thats the area with all the holes.)
I don't know what type of leather seat the man was referring to.
If you put a leather seat on your chair you will need some webbing and padding to hold the leather. You cannot install a leather seat in the same way you install this fabric one unless its a very thick firm leather but like I say I have no clue what type of leather seat he refers to.
But I know you'll like the fabric seat and its an easy fix.
Good Luck and great question
Regards
Eileen
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