TaleWeavers, Antique Chair & Wicker Furniture Repair
Preserving America's Heritage
You can find us on MapMuse.com
SERVING WESTERN & CENTRAL PA
AND CLIENTS NATIONWIDE
Regional Drop-off and Delivery Locations:
We prefer that you arrange to have the chair(s) dropped off and picked up at our workshops. Pick up and Delivery services take us out of the workshop and inevitably will delay getting work done for you.
Use the link for MapMuse above to locate our workshop in Erie.
2320 Powell Avenue
Erie, PA 16506
814-835-0386
For the State College area, you can arrange to drop off and pick up your chairs in the College Heights area. Contact Lauren Elliott to arrange a time with her. She is listed on the Contact Page of this web site.
We are currently offering a Hometown Delivery Service, which will allow customers to drop off and pick up chairs at various locations around the region, nearer to your own hometown. If you have a suggestion, let us know. Currently we have arrangements with the following locations.
Walker House Antiques in Erie, PA 1945 W. 2th Streen Erie, Pa 16508 814-459-0880 | Whistle Stop Antique Mall in Corry, PA 54 Center Street Corry, PA 814-663-7867 | Fine Gifts @ The Bank in Meadville, PA 940 Park Avenue Meadville, PA 814-734-3199 |
Chair Caning / Restoration
We repair antiques: antique chair caning, antique wicker furniture. Antiques repair is our work; chair caning and wicker furniture repair, our specialty. The restoration process involved for an antique chair or rocker may include hand refinishing, replacement of chair parts, and the reweaving of a chair seat. Reweaving may include strand or web caning, fiber rush, Danish cord, Shaker tape, and flat reed or splint seat weaving. We also repair and restore antique wicker furniture. Wicker is made with a natural material or twisted paper and over time the wicker reed may break down. We replace individual weavers and spokes on any wicker chair, chaise, setee, swing, or rocker. We can restore entire sections of wicker that may have broken. Wicker holds a special place in many homes. We bring the history of an era, a craftsman, and a family to renewed meaning.
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Chair Repair Center
We hear a lot about recycling in today's tight economy. If you have some furniture that you have stored away in the attic, garage, basement, or barn, now may be a great opportunity to invest in some time and money to get the antique and collectible chairs and rockers into your repair center. We can rejuvenate and revitalize your furniture at a fraction of the cost of a full refinishing job. We are experts in Recycling, Reusing, and Reclaiming. A new chair seat with a good cleaning or a fresh coat of paint can put that piece back into service for your family or you could pass it along to someone in the family or neighborhood.
Church rummage sales and yard sales are great ways to share recycled furniture with your community. These are also great places to find furniture to add to your own home. If you see a chair or rocker that needs a seat replaced, consider picking it up and enrolling in a fall class in seat weaving. Yep, you can put in the seat yourself, be proud of your work, and you can put a feather in your cap for helping to Recycle, Reclaim, and Reuse.
Charles Elliott,
TaleWeavers
---Preserving America's Heritage
All Things Woven
Interested in weaving, knitting, crocheting, basket making, and cord making? That's what we are all about. We are committed to preserving the handweaving crafts that were used in the American 19th century. These crafts were the lifeblood of the American family and brought communities together.
All the items displayed and sold from AllThingsWoven.com are hand made by artisans from northwest Pennsylvania.
Collide-O-Scope Edutainment
Collide-O-Scope Edutainment is a family-run business that seeks to blend three areas of human life into new ways to learn, grow, and have fun. Through playing games and completing activities, children of all ages (yes, this includes people past 112--we don't like to leave people out as some companies end up doing) experience a blend of Faith, Education, and Fun! In each of our games, we try to make sure that at least one of those three standards is being met—whether a game is fun and educational, faith-based and educational, fun and faith-based, or whatever combination, at least two of the three must be met. We pull from the past, look at the present, and plan for the future. This is where faith, education, and fun collide.
