Condition
The overall structural condition was fairly stable with the following concerns:
- Some loose joints
- Detached moulding to the proper right front
The condition of the upholstery was poor:
- Show cover tacked over previous covers and gimp
- No dust cover
- Webbing largely failed
- Springs have all blown their webbing and only loosely supported, causing a sunken appearance
- Some tacks have failed and no longer holding
- Detached and frayed gimping
Treatment
ICS furniture and textile teams carried out treatment including;
- Complete removal of webbing
- Cleaning all surfaces
- New webbing interwoven to mimic the original and secured using original tacks in existing holes
- Stitching springs to new webbing
- Tacking new and original webbing back into original position
- Small areas of decorative gimp were loosely secured with stitching
- Final surface clean
Before treatment
After treatment
