Rush Seat Furniture. Of course every chair is different in size so requires a different amount of rush to weave but a general rule of thumb is that it takes two 1 lb. Rushing a chair is one of the traditional methods of creating a seat for a chair with rails around the perimeter.
The rush seats with the square wood legs blend seamlessly. Set of 6 french antique oak brittany rush seat dining chairs. I re seat chairs with cane rush and seagrass and i am happy to do modern habitat style machine cane seats.
The strands of rush are stretched across the seat and looped around the rails moving in a counterclockwise direction to fill in the seat.
Cane and rush seating is a more comfortable option to a wooden seat. Video instructions on how to weave a rush seat in a ladder back chair using fibre rush. Cane and rush seating is a more comfortable option to a wooden seat. I have taught chair caning regularly at cottage crafts in sudbury for the past 15 years.