07/07/2026
Chequers ✌🏼
Repost from Polly Granville - Bespoke Upholstery
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A little Arts and Crafts beauty, properly brought back to life.
We had the pleasure of working on this Morris-style adjustable lounge armchair. It features a lovely practical detail where the seat and back can move slightly for comfort. Very clever, very satisfying, and exactly the sort of thing you don’t often find in modern chairs.
Jack didn’t just reupholster this one. He stripped and restained the wood then completely rebuilt the sprung seat frame too, so the chair had the much improved frame, structure and comfort it needed before the new fabric went on.
We used Chequers by Titley and Marr Ltd ⬜️🟦, a fabric that plays beautifully with the chair’s strong wooden frame. The pattern has a lovely rhythm to it - part chequerboard, part movement, and a nice touch of freshness, giving this piece a new life.