Chair Specialists
Upholstery & Frames
Here at Bradfield Bespoke we have a long history of making frames for upholstered furniture and are able to upholstery your items to the highest standard in the
fabric of your choice. Unlike some alternative methods we use traditional jointing methods meaning your piece will stand the test of time and along with
high quality upholstery, the show wood finishing techniques will leave you with an heirloom item.
Chair Specialist
Copy Chair
Copy Chair
A client brought this chair to us to produce a replica and in this instance as it was going to be re-upholstered we were able to remove parts of the upholstery to make pattern making and measuring easier. We aren't always so lucky and if the customer wishes to retain the original upholstery we are able to draw on decades of skill and experience to craft a replica item
Finished Copy
The client was delighted with the finished chair.
Chair Specialists
Prototype Design & Development
We have been asked by clients to assist in developing new or variations of existing models of chairs. This usually involves a lot of manual work shaping and perfecting angles, thicknesses of rails and overall dimensions. We work closely with our clients to achieve the exact desired outcome
Here you see Michael working with the back rail of a chair. Having already made a pattern for the shape of the rail, he lays it on a piece of shaped, solid beech to mark up ready to be cut out. This will then need to be shaped by hand to achieve the curvature that the client requires. This means quite a bit of involvement with the client as often they don't know what they require until they see it!
This is the back legs of the chair jointed together with the seat frame. All angles and curves have to be exact for these to come together perfectly. This is now ready for the shaped top rail to be fitted to place and jointed together
Here you see a proportioned drawing showing a foot pattern Some chairs will be fitted with castors, others will be all wood
Here we will guide you through some of the different stages of making a set of dining chairs, showing machining, carving and fretwork.
We were given one side and one arm chair to use as copy chairs.
Here you see the raw timber being machined to make chair components
Back leg being shaped on the spindle moulder
Front legs, turned, carved and morticed ready for assembly
Back legs, back rail and seat rail jointed together ready for the top rail
Laminated panel marked up ready to be cut out
Hand carved crest for the top of the back rail
Assembled chair ready for the top rail with hand carved crest
The back legs being marked out
Traditional mortice ready for the seat rails to be tenoned
Close up of carving detail to front leg
Custom made jigs to bend the laminated solid wood panels for the fretwork
Fretwork panels being cut on the fret saw
Morticing the top back rail to secure the crest in place
Finished chairs before polishing
Chair Specialist
Showcase
Russian Style Dining Chairs
Patterns being used to select the best areas of wood for pattern and strength
Spindled seat rails ready for upholstered seat
Assembled front leg and front rail
Laminated, solid wood panel after being in the bending jig
Fretwork panels after being cut out. These were then carved to give a overlap effect
The finished back rail ready to be secured to the back legs
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The finished item after polishing and upholstering