Pierce Butler

Highly experienced furniture restorer.

A passion for history and excellence.

Business Hours

Enquiries welcome by email, phone, or using the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Mon – Fri
- 09:00 am – 06:00 pm
Saturday
- 10:00 am – 02:00 pm
Sunday
- Closed

Antiques allow you to have a little piece of history in the heart of your home.

Traditional weaving techniques, honoured.

With over 20 years experience in the furniture restoration industry, Pierce Butler, is dedicated to totally reliable, high-quality woven furniture restoration to both private clients and the antiques trade.

Providing traditional rush seating for all types of chairs, stools, benches and shelving together with chair caning and seagrass seating, with occasional space for reupholstery work, too.

Offering

Spider backs
Sunbursts
Double cane work
Bergere work
Bedroom chairs
Dining chairs
Headboards
Beading

Staining
Rattan
Prewoven cane
Antique woven seats
Thonet chairs
Danish cord
Seagrass
Wicker

With Aylesbury Cane and Rush you can expect the best, with no exceptions.

Occasionally, when renovating furniture with character, we find that it was the cane or rush that was actually holding the frame together.

Should some remedial repair be necessary before the restoration can be carried out we will make a charge to dismantle, re-glue and reassemble the frame.

If any joints are actually broken, this can add to the cost. Caning puts a huge amount of stress on the frame and the joints need to be strong and firmly glued before we can proceed.

Cane.

The technique of weaving cane together to form a decorative patterned panel has been used for thousands of years. Weaving cane as a method of chair seating was first introduced into England during the second half of the 17th century. It has been dated as far back as ancient China and archeologists have discovered caned chairs in Egyptian tombs dating to 1300 B.C.

Rush.

The origins of rush seating are lost in the mists of ancient history. Certainly the use of rushes goes back at least to the 4th millennium BC: there's evidence of rush work from excavations at Ur in southern Iraq. In ancient Egypt, about 3,500 years ago, throne-chairs with seats of plaited reeds or rushes were used.

Upholstery.

upholstery is the work of attaching a furniture frame with padding, cushioning, and fabric or leather textile covers. The material makes a significant difference to the visual identity of the chair, and while the interior elements may not be visible, they make a big difference to the comfort and ergonomics of the piece.