Tradtional Upholstery
Techniques.
The craftsmen at Albert E Chapman have an understanding of the techniques
used for upholstery from the seventeenth century to the present day, thus
are able to use this knowledge, together with their skill and appropriate
stuffing materials, to reproduce the shape of the upholstery relevant
to the period of the piece upon which they are working.
Antique
Furniture
Should any of the original upholstery be present on a piece of furniture,
it is the policy of the Company to recommend to the client that this historical
document be retained. Suggestions will be made as to how this can be accomplished
even if the piece is destined for regular use.
Chair
1690’s Given by Sir Philip Sassoon
to the Royal Collection in 1938. Now at
Hampton Court Palace. The condition
of the chair before restoration.
The
original domed and slashed back upholstery.
The upholstery removed
where necessary to
allow frame repairs to take place.
Original wool stuffing
of arms.
The Sassoon chair. The original stuffing replaced and the chair recovered using a copy of the design of damask, of approximately the same date, found behind some paneling at Hampton Court. The chair trimmed with a short, dense, silk tufted fringe. A deeper tufted and faggoted fringe at base. All the restoration work and upholstery carried out by Albert E Chapman