Sleepy Hollow Chair
A button-tufted Victorian easy chair rebuilt with a horsehair and down interior.
- Era
- Victorian
- Materials
- Horsehair, down, ticking, cotton, button-tufted velvet
Sleepy Hollow chairs were built for sinking into, and this one was restored to feel the way it did when it was new.
The first stuffing is horsehair, stitched into burlap to form firm edges. It is topped with down and backed with more hair, then pulled down and shaped under ticking. A layer of cotton goes over that before the green velvet is buttoned into place.
From the bench
18 photographs of the work, in the order it was done. Swipe or use the arrows to browse, and select any photo to enlarge it.
Watch the methods
1870s Victorian gentleman's chair restoration, filmed in Kim's shop. The same techniques went into this piece.
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