Grandma’s old rocking chair with the intricate herringbone weave has been in your family for several generations. Years of use have taken their toll, and it’s clear that you need a weave doctor. So ...

Duane Mitch can take care of that broken chair you have up in the attic. “Almost everybody has one,” he says, explaining that oftentimes a family will have a dining room set with six chairs but be ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dorothy Laye sits quietly as her hands precisely weave a pattern on an old cane chair. None of the people around her, or their chatter, pose a distraction. Laye, 76, worked for 34 ...

Erika Klein shows how she repairs cane and rush furniture on the porch outside Beaver Mill Antiques on Main Street, Valatie, during Saturday afternoon's Handmade in America: Artisans Along Main Street ...

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 ...

Dorothy Laye sits quietly as her hands precisely weave a pattern on an old cane chair. None of the people around her, or their chatter, pose a distraction. Laye, 76, worked for 34 years as a math ...