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Over twenty-five years ago Diane Wagner decided to turn
her passion for caning into a thriving cottage business returning thousands of chairs to their original beauty by reweaving their seats. Whether it's hand caning,
pressed cane, french
cane, flat or round reed, or any of the three type of rush |
seats Diane can restore
your treasure into a functional piece of furniture for a fraction of what you could
purchase a new chair for
now-a-days.
Many have asked Diane where her passion for caning comes from? It is sort of
in her blood, as her father Robert used to say... That is because |
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the Schober family has a rich history of weaving with raw materials and creating
handmade masterpieces of baskets, willow and caned furniture. In 1890 Diane's
great-grandfather, William and his brother Karl Schober immigrated to Philadelphia
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founded one of the country's oldest basket weaving shops, Charles Schober, Co.
Later William Schober moved to Monroeville, NJ (Gloucester County) to farm and supply
the business with raw materials. Diane says, "I like to think my Great-Grandfather
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thousands of chairs that I have done over the years, and says Job Well Done!".
She hopes to one day pass her skills onto her son, Tristan Wagner. "There
aren't a lot of chair caners left these days" she states. "It would be a shame for
this art form not to be carried onto the next generation." |