Sofa rebuild continues
White cotton wadding fitted over seat and arms. Top cover being applied.
Sofa rebuild continues
Cotton wadding fitted over hessian, then Top cover cut and fitted to backrest.
Sofa rebuild continues
Hessian tacked over the horsehair. Hair regulated. Edges stitched up.
Sofa rebuild continues
Stuffing the backrest with horsehair
Sofa (still) in need of work!
4 rows of stitching all round the seat, then rolled edge stitched up. Hessian on the backrest to receive horsehair.
Sofa (still) in need of work!
Hessian applied over horsehair. Edge stitching underway. There’s a lot of stitching in one of these!
Sofa (still) in need of work!
Hessian fixed over springs, and horsehair carded and fixed to hessian with a running stitch loops of twine.
Sofa (still) in need of work!
Seat webbing fixed on and coil springs lashed to the webbing, then the tops of the springs lashed together
Sofa (still) in need of work!
All stripped out and ready for re-build
Sofa in need of work!
Stripping it out. Everything collapsed inside. Bit of a mess!