Heirloom Bergère Chair Restoration
Interior designer Elena Calabrese’s vision for this pair of Bergère chairs was to reinvent them to fit in with her client’s global aesthetic. Learn more about the project here.
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The chairs was upholstered with a graphic pattern, Schumacher’s “Vail Chenille” upholstery fabric, and the cushion inserts were replaced with high-resiliency foam. We removed the nail heads and replaced them with a Samuel & Sons double French welt trim to match the lacquered wood frames. The wood frames were refinished in a custom color burnt orange lacquer.