Price Estimates For Common Styles

• This price list serves as a guide to help you estimate the cost of restoring your chair only.
• Chairs needing woven backs are priced as 2 seats.
• Many chairs need a little fixing up before weaving, a small repair fee up to $10 may be added.
• Materials are billed separately and due at the time of service.
• Final cost will be agreed to when I see the chair in person, prior to any work done.

Hand Caning

• Hand caned chairs are priced by the hole and by the size of the cane used.
• $1.00 per hole for medium to fine fine cane (16 to 27 holes per foot).
• $1.25 per hole for super fine and carriage cane (28 to 32 holes per foot).
• The cost of cane for one chair averages $10 to $15.

The average chair costs $85

Pressed Pre-Woven Cane (Machine Cane)

• $4.00 per inch measuring the widest side. (usually the front)
• Materials are billed separately and due prior to any work done.
• The cost of cane for one chair averages $5 to $8.

The average chair costs $45

Fibre Rush

Fibre rush, a twisted paper product invented in the late 1800s quickly replaced real rush (cattail reeds) because of its ease and durability. (Not good around cats!).

• $5.00 per inch measured from outside the front leg to outside the front leg. Unless the chair is deeper than it is wide.
• The cost of rush for one chair averages $5 to $9.

The average chair costs $75

 Binders Cane Weave

Binders cane is used on porch rockers, rockers, and on more rustic chairs. It is a cane product approximately 1/4" in width with a hard curved surface. There are two patterns most often used, the basket weave and herring bone pattern. 

• A simple basket weave on a porch rocker would cost about  $6.00 per inch measured from outside the front leg to outside the front leg. 
• Herring bone weave costs about $2.50 more per inch.  It is harder to weave but is a tighter and prettier pattern.

There are other more involved patterns. These patterns normally cost more to weave.  Binders cane comes in different widths and it costs more to weave a narrower binders cane than a wider binders cane.

Splint Work

Splint is a flat cane product that comes in different widths up to about an inch wide. It is woven in the same type patterns as binder’s cane, that is either a herring bone or basket weave.  It is used on more outdoor or rustic furniture. 

• Both these patterns would cost about $4.00 to $6.00 per inch to weave. 

Shaker Tape

Shaker tape is a cotton fabric that comes in a multitude of colors and widths up to 1" wide. Traditionally wrapped on original Shaker chairs in either a basket weave or twill pattern.  Normally two color combinations would be used. 

• An average size chair will use about 35 to 40 yards of materials one way and 35 to 40  yards of material the other way costing about $75 to $100 per chair just for materials. 
• Depending on the weave, labor costs are about $40.00 per chair. 

Shaker tape is a long lasting product but it will fade with time.