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  • About our work
  • Gallery
  • All about wicker
    • Intro: All about wicker – everything you wanted to know
    • 2: Wicker in the Ancient World (3000 B.C. – 476 A.D.)
    • 3: Rattan’s Rise and the Age of Colonial Trade
    • 4: The Golden Age of Cane and the effect of American Industrialization and Victorian styling
    • 5: Weaving Through Disruption: War, Innovation, and the Lloyd Loom
    • Wicker in 20th-Century Design Movements
    • The Age of Engineered Synthetics
    • Manufacturing and Future Outlook for the wicker industry
    • Sources used in this research
  • Services
  • What our customers say
  • Shop – request your quotes here.
  • Make contact
    • Social Media
  • General
  • Discussions
    • Why come to Rattan and Riempie for restoration?
    • Difference between riempie, wicker and rattan
    • Care & Maintenance: Heritage Furniture
      • Don’t let your furniture’s story end on the dump!
    • Converting handwoven rattan to webbing? Don’t, and here is proof why
    • Caring for your white riempies
      • White Riempie DIY
    • What is Patina? And why should you leave it?
    • The Enduring Art of Riempie Chairs: Understanding the Difference Between Raw and White Alum Riempies

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What is Patina? And why should you leave it?

  • Post published:May 25, 2025

Patina on wood is the natural finish that develops on wood surfaces over time, resulting from exposure to sunlight, air, moisture, and human touch. This gradual evolution creates a richness…

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If you suffer from *FOMO, make sure you don’t miss this one!

  • Post published:May 20, 2025

FOMO*? *Fear Of Missing Out Well, don't miss this one! Shockingly low prices coming on white riempie repairs and cane webbing repairs. Check back tomorrow morning (21 May) for details.…

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Restoration of a handwoven Bentwood chair in progress.

Why come to Rattan and Riempie for restoration?

  • Post published:May 5, 2025

So, what can Rattan and riempie offer that others don't? I still do handwoven rattan. Most restorers shy away from it because it is an exhausting, labour intensive job using very expensive materials. But yes I still do handweaving and I will continue to do it as long as people ask for it.

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