caning examples

Hand, or strand caning is usually done in the pattern shown here. You can determine it is strand caning because it has what looks like stitching around the perimeter, and if you turn it to the backside, you will see the strands of cane that were woven thru the wood. If you can count all those holes that are drilled thru the wooden part, then we can determine how much it will be to do over.    Ther

Pressed cane is shown in this picture. There is no stitching around the edges, and you will not see any strands coming thru the backside. You will also see what looks like a thin strip of wood, called a spline, around the edges. There is a groove in the wood into which the sheet of pre-woven cane and this spline are tapped into.  In order to re-cane a pressed cane item, someone who is not me will 

Intricate and lacy, and don't forget BEAUTIFUL! This is a not-so-great-but-all-I-have picture of the spider web pattern done on a caned back rocker. Unlike the 7-step method above, these patterned weaves use a couple different sizes of cane, and have way more steps than seven. 

This chair shows the "snowflake" design in cane. Just like the spiderweb above, it takes two sizes of cane and involves about 10 steps instead of 7. Also like the spiderweb above, these were my first attempts at these patterns. 

This project was my first like it, the headboard is one-sided but the footboard is two-sided! If I remember correctly, it probably took a couple months to do...so projects like this have to be priced out on a guesstimate of how long it will take and how much material involved.  Be prepared!