A. Don’t despair; chair-caning is not a lost art. There are two kinds of caning, says Cathryn Peters, who runs a Web site dedicated to seat weaving and wicker repair (wickerwoman.com). The original ...

Question: I have two chairs identical to the canes shown in the photograph in the Home section [“Salvaged in Style”] from June 7. Could you send names of those who repaired the cane? Answer: The ...

Seat weaving is time-consuming, meticulous work, but Fred Goff, a retired operator of heavy construction equipment, loves every minute he spends caning chairs. “Cane” is the generic term for the hard ...

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. — Liz Cottrell, a Tiverton English teacher by day, turned her penchant for chair caning into a side business. Caning is the method — and lost art some would argue — of hand ...