Shaker Chair Reseating

Reseat your Shaker chairs or any "rung constructed" ladder back chair with durable Shaker Tape. Our cotton Shaker Tape has a nylon inner core which provides strength and longevity. The Shakers used "webbing" as a standard seating material around from the 1870's on. The first tapes, or "webbing" was wool and cotton was added for strength. By the early 1900's the webbing was made of cotton. The tape we use is somewhat "light fast", but with any dyed cotton product, frequent, direct sunlight will accellerate its fading. We have seen our personal chairs fade over the years and we delight in the attention they receive from collectors who assume they are "original" Shaker chairs. It is our experience that our customers will be very concerned about the wear, tear, and spills their new chairs receive but after a few months, they likely become the functional fixtures we build them to be and only occasional cleaning with a commerical, over-the-counter carpet shampoo product will be required.

S. Timberlake will reseat your original or reproduction Shaker chairs, rocking chairs, and stools in our workshops in Bethel, Maine. If you are a previous S. Timberlake customer and wish to have your chairs reseated, please call us for this special pricing. Others will find our pricing extremely reasonable.

How Much Does It Cost To Reseat My Chairs with Shaker Tape Webbing?

We charge by the inch so to determine the cost of reseating a chair we take two measurements: side - between front and back chair legs , front - between the front chair legs, add the two numbers then muliply by $2.25. The total is the cost of reseating a chair in a "standard" basketweave pattern with one inch Shaker Tape. For example, the chairs shown at left (S.Timberlake South Union chairs, circa 1977), recently reseated for a Vermont Couple, would cost $74.25 for the arm chair, $67.50 for the side chair. Reseating also includes replacing the padding with a new foam pad, 1 1/2" thick.

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For More Information on Reseating Your Chairs, please call us at 1-800-780-6681 or email us