What is the difference between laced and unlaced Danish cord?
Laced Danish Cord is tightly roped (as used on Wegner’s Wishbone Chairs and the Rope Chair). Unlaced Danish Cord is twisted instead of roped, and is not as tightly twisted as Laced. The unlaced cord is commonly used today, as seen on this Danish modern chair (right).
What is Danish cord weaving?
What is it? Danish paper cord is the material used to weave typical seats and backs found in many Danish, Scandinavian, and Mid Century Modern furniture designs. It is a very strong 3-ply fiber product and the weaving typically incorporates wrapping, rushing style weaving, and basket weave patterns.
How do you weave Danish cords without nails?
No nails needed: Double rails enable the cord to reverse direction at the sides and go back across the seat, eliminating the need for nails. Another method is to use nails on the inside of a single rail, like on Mark Edmundson’s bench from FWW #194 (top).
How do you weave a chair seat with a cord?
Weave the first side
- Tie the first knot. To start the first section of your rope seat, tie the rope to one of the chair’s seat poles using a clove hitch.
- Add a wooden spacer. Next, lay a wooden spacer across the seat – perpendicular to your knot.
- Wrap the rope. Now you’re ready to start weaving.
- Repeat.
Is Danish cord comfortable?
Danish Cord Our Danish Paper Cord is a natural, cool, comfortable material that will patina beautifully over time. If taken care of properly it can last for decades. The woven parts of the chair do not need regular cleaning, you may dust regularly to prevent any build up.
What material do you use to weave a chair?
Typically, seats are woven with a variety of pliable materials. Those materials might be; strand cane, cane webbing, rattan reed, paper fibre rush, natural rush, ash, oak or hickory bark splint, Danish Modern cord, Oriental seagrass, and paracord, to name a few.
What is Papercord?
The natural paper cord is made of unbleached paper, while the black cord is dyed and the white cord is bleached.
How do you weave a chair seat with nylon rope?