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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
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    • Sources used in this research
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    • 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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“But I already have the material…”

  • Post published:April 13, 2026

I hear that all the time. Someone walks in clutching a roll of old cane webbing or a bundle of riempies they've stashed away for years, thinking I’ll just handle…

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