(We offer selected reweaving service of the Moller seats.
The cost of replacing one original paper cord seat with authentic Danish Paper cord is $399.
The cost of replacing original and non-original upholstered seats of a Moller model chair is $499.
Please contact fore details. Shipping to and from us will be billed separately, or you are welcome to arrange your own dropoff and pickup.
For a Moller Model #71 to look loke this in its professionally restored and rewoven condition, a LOT has to happen, especially when the original chair had upholstery.
An original used condition chair may look fine and function as well, but if you look closely, the fine dust of disintegrated foam is coming out of the openings. Every time you sit down, air puffs the fust out. Every time.
The upholstery, leather, fabric or vinyl can be intact, but look what is underneath.
The amount of fine dust is vacuum choking.
The wood frame is fine.
So for a typical vintage original Moller chair upholstered in 1950s and 1960s, Exactly how many layers are we talking about?
- Top Fabric/leather/vinyl
- Foam
- Batting
- Jute webbing front to back
- Jute webbing left to right
Wait there is more:
6. Batting
7. Black cotton undercover
8. Black cotton tape underneath to hide the edges
Plus
About 500 finewire staples, and about 50 narrow crown 1/8″ depth staples.
ALL the above have to be removed!
6 hours of work is omitted here.
When the frames are clean.
Because I weave so many Moller style chairs, the most effective way is to use “cheat ropes”, the cords that have already marked the location of each nail. So I do not have to use a measuring tape to figure out the spacing every time. A ton of time is saved here.
I hope you understand what I am talking about here. Or you can always ask a question.
New L nails locations will be measured out.
Notce how the first nail (and the last) is lower than the rest in the front and the back frame? Because more cords are looping on to those nails and we need more space.
There are usually 17 or 19 pairs of paper cord going from front to back. Moller Model #71 has 19 pairs.
So how many L nails for each chair?
17 + 17 = 34 or 38 (front and back)
25+ 25 = 50 (left and right)
Total will be about 50 + 40 (34 or 38) = 90 nails
If you are buying the Danish Paper Cord coils yourself, please please make sure you buy from the authentic dealers. Ask me.
Each coil is good for five side chairs, or four armchairs.
Direction from which the coil unravels is very important. Sometimes I start from the center, I make sure it goes clockwise. Because I start my weaving from Right, and go to left and come back to the right side, this set up prevents tightening or over twisting of the rope, a pain and a lesson you have to experience to appreciate.🤣
If I star using the paper cord from the outside, I flip the coil in the above picture upside down. Still follow me? 😭
I used to tie my front wrap cords nice and neatly like shown above. As I got better at it, that is no longer necessary. I just pull once every two loops.
Very important fact is, Moller factory weavers can typically finish weaving a seat in about three to three and a half hours.
Me too.
The difference is: for a Moller factory weaver, speed is life or death, 😅 maybe not that. Speed certainly means money. So it is understandable that they stick to one set of procedures/steps and achieve consistency and speed.
For me, I thought hard and practiced hard, and eventually developed my own weaving steps that made more sense to me.
I typically use three strings. Except when I run into a knot. Then I just have to cut and continue from there.
With enough experience, I can sense when a knot is about to come: when the cord suddenly becomes slightly rough.
It is not uncommon for one knot to be followed by another. So it’s a good idea to stop and check. In above pictures, one knot is followed by another within 2 feet.
I am good enough to weave from front toward back, and then from the back toward the front; and then perfectly meet at about 2/5 in the back.
The final strand fits correctly and perfectly.
I really like Moller Model #71, in teak and even more so in rosewood.
Although they are still in production, the old productions are much more impressive and more desirable.
I am a buyer of nearly everything I see that I could afford, to take on the risks of the damages,imperfections and inventory, so that great sets of six and eight could be built for my customers to enjoy.
In rosewood and newly woven Danish Paper Cord
Below are the chairs in original paper cord seat
The seats of course show signs of usage
The seats can also last a few more years. Maybe 5, maybe 10, above the 40 years that they are .
The original seats also have lost the tension that the newly woven Danish Paper Cord seats possess.
Moller model #71 in rosewood is getting hardwr and harder to find, mot to mention the excellent condition that we are after.
Moller model #71 chairs in teak are slightly easier to find.
But large sets and excellent condition are still hard to come by.
If you are interested in this style, please contact or visit our store.