Blackwood Chair Restore

I have been asked by a friend to restore this Blackwood chair.


It needs a new seat - the original was a spline cane seat, sheet cane or cane webbing seat - where is the best place to buy this?


The chair was turned and made from greenwood the legs and stretcher have an oval cross-section.


I would wage a guess that it was made on a pole lathe.


The glue is hide glue.


It has been repaired with a builder bog where the continuous arm has developed cracks from the steam bending.


The crown was steam bents not cut from solid - What is the correct nomenclature for the top section of the backrest


Where the rear spindle has cracked the short grain of the set - how would you recommend a repair - my instinct is to drill a hole across the crack and insert a large screw and cover the head with a blackwood plug. This would pull the crack together and reinforce the weak short grain.


I was thinking of using something like gum turpentine and a fine grey scotch bright pad to remove any surface dust and grime and then to oil with boiled linseed oil again. Maybe ubeaut EEE would be useful.


Thoughts ideas comments.

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