27/02/2026
I’ve always wanted the opportunity to recover and restore a 1971 Australian made Tessa chair model T1 swivel, so to get 2 was amazing so I went in with a competitive quote and was delighted to be chosen, I completely stripped the chairs back and sent the wooden arms off to Keith Moore to be stripped back and re stained and what a professional job they did, the frame was intact so needed no reinforcement however I did re web with a 3.5 grade elastic web, not too tight as these are a slump in design, the back filling was replaced with hollow tek 51 mm conical fibre enveloped in a Dacron pocket, the cotton fibre seat cushion was replaced with a high density 125 mm quantum 130 foam from Future foams with a 200 gram Dacron wrap, we opted for smaller buttons to modernise them slightly but still in keeping with the designers style, the fabric was a no brainer going with the vintage looking Warwick Caulfield Moss, splendid result all up.
