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Czajkowski & Son Ltd.
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Upholstery is a part of our restoration service
but we have also made new upholstered furniture. This is
usually found in the form of dining and easy chairs.
Situated in Woodhall Spa, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, within
the East Midlands, England, we upholster antique furniture
in the manner in which it would have been upholstered originally.
This often means replacing incorrect stuffing, such as foam,
which was never used on antique furniture. All re-upholstery
is fitted with a fire resistant (FR) interliner. We restore
and re-upholster Victorian button back upholstery and other
intricate items. We carry a large range of samples and can
supply fabric or will fit fabric and material supplied by
our clients.
Poor quality conservation and restoration can severely devalue,
what was otherwise a valued item of furniture so it is important
that re-upholstery is done correctly, especially on a valuable
item.
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Michael Czajkowski, the owner of the firm, is
an accredited conservator with the Institute
of Conservation (ICON), a member of the British
Antique Furniture Restorers (B.A.F.R.A.) and as such adheres
to the best principle of conservation practice.
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Conservation and restoration of Leeds Savage
Club chair for Leeds City Museum. The leather, which
was not original, had rotted, exposing lamb’s wool stuffing
which had collapsed.
Right; chair stripped down to springs. The rotten webbing
was then replaced and the springs retied. |
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Sewing new hessian on spring tops.
Note new hessian
and webbing on seat back.
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After adding refurbished and cleaned horsehair
fire resistant
calico is fitted.
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New wadding is then added to seat after the
back has been
stuffed with horsehair,
wadding and covered.
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Left: After fitting the FR calico, the leather
is fitted,
Right: The finished chair.
Tthe edges finished with brass
nails, dulled down to simulate old brass nails. |
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Above: Upholstering a Victorian button back chair.
Left: The completed chair |
Button back wing arm chair and footstool after re-upholstery. The
footstool was made by us to match the chair.
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Restoration, re-caning, and
re-upholstery of a Burgair three piece suite. New back
and seat cushions were made, filled with feathers, on a sprung
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A drop end sofa which came in for recovering
only.
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Underneath the top material everything was totally rotten
and holes had been stuffed with bits of foam and newspaper
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View of the sprung top edge, showing how the hessian etc.,
had disintegrated.
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Restored sofa, after complete re-upholstering and finished
with a cream fabric.
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Left: A Dutch walnut arm chair following restoration
of the frame and re-upholstery.
Right: A Wing chair following
re-upholstery. |
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Re-upholstery of the wing chair; the springs have been stitched
to the webbing and tied down
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The seat is then covered with hessian and stuffed with horsehair
and then scrim, an open weave hessian, is applied and the
front edge French stitched to form a firm edge.
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Re-upholstery of a Victorian button-back chair. The
seat is fitted with criss-cross webbing ready for the springs
to be sewn in.
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Above: Buttoning the back panel of a button
back chair. |
The completed chair. |
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Gout stool covered in leather |
Gentleman’s chair, after re-upholstery
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French nursing chair after re-upholstery
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Pair of upholstered bed heads |
late 18th century giltwood settee after restoration
re-gilding
and re-upholstery.
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Early 19th century French giltwood chair, after restoration.
Tapestry specifically designed for the chair in Madeira,
Portugal
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An unusual "Ercol” chair c. 1925 restored back
to
its original interwoven strip leather finish
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Do you have items in need of upholstery? Edmund Czajkowski & Son
Ltd, will be happy to advise you. Send details, with some
photographs, if possible to our e-mail address.
Those of you with antique furniture might find the following
information on looking
after your antique furniture, useful.
Please see our pages of furniture
restoration for more information
of restoration of the actual woodwork on chairs, including
upholstered items.
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Edmund Czajkowski & Son Ltd. 96 Tor
O' Moor Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. LN10 6SB
Tel. 01526 352895 ~ Email: enquiries@czajkowski-furniture.co.uk
Company Registration Number NL18225747
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