Email:            info@suzandy.co.uk

Phone:           07790 984824

Workshop:    TBA

Susan I M Handy Routh   

Malcolm  Routh

Suzandy

Caning & Furniture

From 24th May 2013

Buckerell

Nr Honiton

Devon

EX14 3EP

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From 24th May 2013 we shall be living and working from

Glebe Farmhouse, Buckerell, Nr Honiton, Devon.  EX14 3EP

From Thursday evening of 23rd May until Saturday morning 26th May, we may not be able to take your calls.  We shall be driving or unpacking.  Please continue to email and we will get back to you as soon as possible

Our mail order materials will be the last to be packed and the first to be unpacked.

 We already have a growing 'Devon-centric' waiting list.  If you have a chair that needs reseating, please don't wait for us to move before contacting us.

Please continue to email info@suzandy.co.uk or phone 07790984824 for all enquiries.

We shall be coming up and down to Maidenhead for the foreseeable future, therefore will be able to take some commissions from this area if you are happy to fit in with our movements.

Blackdown Hills Business Association at the Honiton Show

Come and meet us in the BHBA marquee at the Honiton Show

 About us

 

Now a member of the

Blackdown Hills Business Association

 Susan (née Handy) and Malcolm Routh; a husband and wife team based, at present, near  Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire.  From 24th May we shall be in Buckerell, Nr Honiton, Devon

For the latest move, see the 'News, Events & Links' page

Susan is an Associate Ordinary member of BAFRA

 

What do we do?

Specialize in replacing and repairing seating to chairs, stools etc using Cane, Seagrass, Danish cord - laced and unlaced and Riempie.  We are also able to make repairs to Lloyd loom and 'wicker' and undertake a limited amount of rushing.

We are able to carry out some structural repairs and restoration using traditional techniques and materials.

Information & Pricing to get an idea of the cost of reweaving a seat.

If we can't fix it we can recommend someone who can.  See the Links page for other restorers and interesting websites.

"Although not the cheapest or the quickest we have been told that our workmanship is second to none."

 

 

 

 

If you would like us to quote for seat weaving, please email photos to info@suzandy.co.uk

What do we sell?

Furniture

Interesting antique and vintage pieces, mainly chairs.  Especially child/doll-size and folding chairs i.e. steamer chairs - the smaller and more interesting the better, although we do have several larger chairs, with character.

We always have a stock of small Victorian bedroom chairs which make ideal occasional chairs for entertaining, especially at Christmas.  But be sure to put your most delicate guest on the most delicate chair!

All items for sale can be found on the

For Sale Page

Fully restored sedan chair sold very successfully at auction in Exeter. 

See News, Events & Links page

for latest information

 

Where do we sell it

 

Maidenhead  -  until 24th May 2013

From our showroom in Belmont Vale - open by appointment only.  Or from our home/workshop. 

 

Honiton

In the Abingdon House Antiques Centre at the bottom of Honiton High Street.

From 24th May from our new home in Buckerell, see above

Shows

During the summer months.

For details of all the above see the

 

News Page

Riempie

From South Africa.  What's that?  See Information & Prices page

 

South African Chair reseated with new white riempies

One from a set of 4 For Sale

 

Download instructions for DIY riempieing

What else do we sell?

Materials

Cane: - hand, loom, beading, lapping and pegging 

Danish cord - 3mm, 4mm and 5mm and laced and unlaced

Seagrass, riempies etc

Infact, most seat weaving materials.

We recognize that there are many of you out there who can Do-It-Yourself but only need enough materials for one or two chairs. 

Therefore we are happy to supply small quantities of anything that we stock, in particular cane and Danish cord.

Why buy enough for 4 or 5 chairs when you only have one that needs re-seating?  Of course larger quantities are also available.

We also have raw riempie or more usually recognisable as rawhide.

Raw rimpie is the correct material for  antique South African chairs.  It is a little more difficult to use but still easy as a DIY project.

Rawhide is the traditional material used on North American canoes.  We have both 6mm and 8mm widths.

Mail Order Page

A magnificent late 18th Century chair with a new raw riempie seat. 

Old Raw Riempie on the chair above before it was re strung

 

 

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Jacquard Woven Belgium Tapestry panels

Over the years many clients have expressed a wish to use unfinished tapestry panels to make their own cushions (or take to a soft furnishing specialist).

We believe that we have sourced the very best quality tapestries and tapestry fabric available.

 

Summer Beaches

Visit our new Belgian Tapestry page.

 

 

 

 

The panels will make into beautiful pictures with an added dimension.

The scope of use for these unfinished tapestry panels is limited only by your imagination.

 

 

Mail Order Prices


Now in Stock

 

Medieval to Monet

Flower Fairies to Fine Art

Cord seating and Rush Seating also available

Books & Kits

See the Kits and Books page for details

 

 

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A variation of the snowflake pattern


Joining new rush with a half hitch

Weaving the standard 6-way pattern

Environment, Education and Aims

We have always promoted the green side of furniture restoration in general and, seat weaving in particular.  Antique caned and rushed chairs were made when labour and materials were cheap; they were always intended to be reseated thus keeping them clean and fresh for the next generation. 

There is now an environmental impact caused by the use of rattan cane and seagrass in mass produced modern furniture.

For instance, the over use of rattan has caused problems of depletion in the forests of Indonesia.  Likewise, the over use of seagrass is causing problems in the areas where it is harvested.  As with turtle shell and ivory, it would be a shame if these materials were no longer available for antique furniture because of modern fashions.

But what could be more sustainable that reseating a chair with rushes cut from the Thames near Wantage?

 

Honiton Antiques Festival

During the November Antiques Festival, we had a small display of our collection of Thonet chairs in our

'Pitch Up At The Top' of

Abingdon House Antiques Centre.   

All our restored Thonets which are for sale are still up in our pitch, so you haven't missed out entirely.

 

Although the Festival is over, there is still lots to see in all the 14 or so antique shops and 3 or 4 antiques centres. 

Honiton itself is a great place to shop, described recently as a "real, traditional English town". 

There is also very interesting Museum.

Click here to download a free, full colour guide and map to the Antiques Festival, which shows all the participants, opening hours, specialities, where to park, where to eat etc.

 

See Furniture for Sale page to see the Thonets which were in the display, including those still there and for sale.

 

We now accept all major credit and debit cards for orders over £10 + 2% for Credit Cards

               

The Heritage Crafts Association's president

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

At its Spring Conference on 19 March 2011, the HCA announced the Prince of Wales as its inaugural President.

The Heritage Crafts Association is the advocacy body for traditional heritage crafts. Working in partnership with Government and key agencies, it provides a focus for craftspeople, groups, societies and guilds, as well as individuals who care about the loss of traditional crafts skills, and works towards a healthy and sustainable framework for the future

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There is now an international movement, known as 'Antiques are Green' and we hope to become more involved and promote this aspect of the green agenda at every opportunity.

Hopefully, encouraging the revival of interest in and, sales of antiques in the process!

www.antiquesaregreen.org

Invest in the future, recycle the past

Beautiful mahogany medallion back - before

 

 - and after

 

 

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Rushed Seat - before

 

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From 24th May 2013: 

Glebe Farmhouse, Buckerell, Nr Honiton, Devon.  EX14 3EP

Mobile:  07790 984824

Landline:            TBA