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  • 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
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  • What our customers say
  • Shop – request your quotes here.
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  • General
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    • 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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Converting handwoven rattan to webbing? Don’t, and here is proof why

  • Post published:September 15, 2025

That day when you ask a quote to repair the cane webbing on your chair and the restorer tells you, sorry, here is a very pricey quote for you chair…

Continue ReadingConverting handwoven rattan to webbing? Don’t, and here is proof why

Don’t let your furniture’s story end on the dump!

  • Post published:September 15, 2025

7 years of as a solopreneur restoring furniture taught me this: your furniture deserves the best. Your memories are worth preserving. I don’t offer cheap fixes, I offer a restoration built…

Continue ReadingDon’t let your furniture’s story end on the dump!

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