SEAGRASS & COTTON CORD - TWO VERSATILE SEATING MATERIALS
SEAGRASS
The cheaper option of reseating chairs (and particularly stools) in seagrass or
cotton cord is very popular, and can also be used successfully on seats that were previously
rush-seated.
Seagrass comes mainly from China: it arrives in the UK ready twisted, like a
rough, stiff rope, and comes in two thicknesses. It can be woven in a variety of patterns,
traditionally either in a chequerboard pattern or the rush pattern, but many others are
possible. It's attractive and possibly even stronger than rush.
Seagrass looks rather like a very heavy grade string or thin rope. We charge only 31p per
square inch to reseat a stool or seat with seagrass, whatever the pattern.
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Click any of the thumbnails below to see a bigger version of the photo.
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Stool seated in standard thickness seagrass - the pattern is an original one designed by Ally,
known as 'diamonds'.
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Stool seated in the traditional chequerboard pattern using thick seagrass.
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COTTON CORD
This traditional seating material, which is pleasant to use and creates very attractive
seats, has proved very popular over the years. It is about the same thickness as seagrass,
but it comes in a variety of colours and can be woven in many interesting patterns.
If you would like us to reseat a stool or chair in cotton cord the cost is 32p
per square inch. Alternatively, if you want to do the job yourself - and both seagrass and
cotton cord are very good materials to start with if you've never tried seat-weaving before -
we can supply the materials.
Click here for our DIY sales page.
PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER . . .
. . . that we are experiencing some problems at the moment in supplies of coloured
cotton cord. We still have some left, but the range of colours is diminishing. Please contact
us before ordering any of this.
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A set of 3 stools reseated in brown and green cotton cord in the same 'diamonds' pattern as
the seagrass stool above.
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A stool seated in brown and yellow cotton cord in another of Ally's original patterns. These
patterns are all included in the "SitUpon Stool Book".
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