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 ...

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 ...