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Steps to Rushing a Chair

Rush is a type of fiber that is made into a cord. This fiber can be woven into a chair seat using techniques that have been employed for centuries. The old rush is removed when it begins to fall apart or becomes damaged. Often the rush will begin to fray and separate, causing the seat to become weaker as the strands thin out. The rush can be cut off using a utility knife, and pliers are used to remove the tacks.

  1. Removing the Rush

    • Cut the rush with a utility knife along the rails. The rails are the strips of wood along the top edges of the chair. The rush is wound over the rails to form a top and bottom layer of rush with an intermediary support between the strands. Sometimes this intermediary support is simple cardboard layers or thin strips of wood. If the trapezoidal supports between the rush are in good shape, save them for the reweaving process.

    Locating the Angled Sections

    • Most rush chairs are wider at the front and more narrow along the back rail. This means there will be two triangular shaped sections on either side of the front of the chair seat that need to be filled. These areas are identified and marked by using a straight edge along the back rail. Where the straight edge crosses the front rail, draw a line. Both sides of the chair are rushed first to fill in these triangles to the line.

    One Corner Weave

    • Immerse 30-foot sections of rush into warm water for 10 to 20 seconds. Tack the rush a few inches from the left side front rail on the inside. Bring your rush up and over the front rail, down to the underside, up and to the left over the rush and left side rail. Stretch the rush under the seat to the right, over the right side rail, under the right side rail and back up. Bring the rush over the the horizontal rush and the front rail. Take the rush under the front rail and to the back. Tack the rush to the right side rail 3 inches from the front right post on the inside of the side rail. Cut the rush 1/2 inch beyond the tack with scissors.

    Full Weave and Figure Eight

    • When you reach the lines, follow the same weave in Section 3 except you tack to the rail next to the back left post. Continue the weave up and over the back rail up and over the rush and rail to the right, under and up and over the left side rail, up and over the rush and rail to the back. Tie rush together when it is under and on the back left side. Finish the center of the seat with a figure eight weave that goes up and over the front rail, under, up and over the rear rail.

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