Bergere Posing Chair

by Chairished Furnishings

3 Materials

$100

8 Hours

Medium

I have a client who has a small photo studio and she was looking for a posing chair. She wanted a Bergere style in a tone on tone. We found the right fabric, then I took a swatch to the store to match the paint to the fabric.

bergere posing chair, painted furniture, reupholster

I grabbed this chair as soon as it listed for $20! It was in fine condition and had light soiling on the seat.

I stripped the fabric, padding and springs then deglossed the original finish on the frame. The frame was primed with two coats of primer before it was painted with home made chalk paint.

I stretched new jute webbing to create the seat deck.

The springs were positioned and sewn into the seat deck

I ran the twine through the middle of the springs then popped them under the string line to hold them in position for tying. A bit of an extra step but helps with keeping everything aligned while tying

I didn't take pictures if the tied springs and repadding. Ive done so many of these chairs now and the process is essentially the same for all of them. Here I'm draping the velvet upholstery over the newly padded muslin-covered seat

The chair is nearly finished in this pic. It only needs the double welt added at this point

Finished chair in a dark corner of my living room

Finished chair next to a cabinet I completed for the same client.

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Hannah V on May 02, 2016
Stunning!

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Lori on May 02, 2016
Great job, it's beautiful. I've never seen how new springs were put in a chair before, thanks for showing that part.

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- Chairished Furnishings on May 02, 2016
  @Lori Thank you! There's more to it than this and many people use a special 'gun' to take the springs in place. I don't have one of those tools so chose to tie them to the webbing by hand (the old-fashioned way). Tying springs really isn't difficult but it takes practice, just like getting the tension right when knitting, etc. You can always look for YouTube videos too.
  
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