Rush Seating

Rush seating, using natural rush, starts with fresh green/gold/beige colours and over time the colours mellow. Commonly found on dining chairs and carver chairs; rush seating is created from twisted rushes, woven in traditional geometric patterns.

: Mid re-weaving with rush

: English freshwater rush

: Underside mid-re-weave

Currently I cannot source fresh rush for projects and am not therefore taking bookings.

Another beautiful material is Cordon (straw wrapped sedge), which has been used on this seat.

: Cordon seat

: Woven cordon

: Cordon close-up

Cordon weaving available (there is a waiting list). Here is a description of cordon:

https://www.seatweavingsupplies.co.uk/rush%20materials%20price%20list.htm#CORDON

Please send photographs of the chair to be re-woven (showing top and underside) with measurements of the widest part of the seat, to [email protected] or arrange to show Louise the chair by calling 0792 641 8523.

Pricing

Re-rushing is priced on the size of the seat in total. Using fresh rush or cordon the price is 50p per square inch, plus materials.

A Traditional Craft

As seen on the BBC TV series ‘The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts‘ this is a traditional, skilled craft. Because of this, it is only being taught and carried out by a few specialist weavers in each region of the UK.