Antique CFM Chairs - Red

These are two exceptionally well made chairs by CFM (Canada Furniture Manufacturers) probably from around the 1920s or 30s. One of the chairs was in good shape, but with one bad repair, and the other had a very worn finish, so the owner chose to have both chairs stripped and redone. The original needlepoint covers were removed (and saved) and the client wanted to have them cleaned and reinstalled, but she was told by the dry cleaners that they couldn't clean them for her, so she picked another red fabric for the chairs.

Before:













Deteriorated shellac finish.











The original upholstery stuffing was reused, but with new burlap, new spring ties, and a new rough cover in white muslin.







The completed chairs:

Vintage Sofa - White

Here is a very nice simple sofa that was in need of new upholstery, as well as new foam. Almost all the foam in this sofa was very soft, or falling apart. The owner chose to have the piece redone in white cotton. The legs on the sofa were also much too short, and we replaced them.

Before:







The sofa was originally specially made (or ordered) for a client in Ottawa. As an interesting side note, most of the frame on this sofa was solid cherry, which is a wood rarely used for upholstery frames.



An in-between photo, showing the deck being installed.



Finished sofa.

4 Antique Chairs - Red and Blue

Here are 4 antique chairs done for a client. There are two matching dining room chairs, a large arm chair, and a rocker. All these pieces were bought at auction, and they were in various states of disrepair. The new owner wanted all the old upholstery removed, and replaced with new foam, and all the frames repaired, stripped, and refinished.

Here are the before photos:



The fabric on this chair was actually originally a brilliant peacock blue and gold, and has faded to a pale mint colour.











There was a large (deep) crack through the back board.













Upholstery removed:



Here is the rocker:



The arms of the rocker with top fabric removed:



And here are the completed chairs. All the frames were completely knocked apart, stripped, reglued, and refinished. The client chose to have all the chairs finished in a dark chocolate brown, which looks very good with the rich red and blue fabrics. The original casters for the chairs were reattached later (we had not cleaned them yet when I took the photos).













Here is the rocker, which also needed several repairs to the frame.







And finally, the arm chair.