[MassHistPres] used horsehair

[Phyllis Halpern]

Wondering if people who run the Furniture Making or Preservation Carpentry
Programs at the North Bennet  St School would be interested.
https://www.nbss.edu/full-time-programs/cabinet-furniture-making
https://www.nbss.edu/full-time-programs/preservation-carpentry

Phyllis Halpern
Weston Historical Commission

On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:07 PM Anne Lusk <annelusk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Carolyn,
>    I taught reupholstery and refinishing throughout Vermont and always
> recommended that the students reuse the horsehair. The feel is very
> different from synthetic horsehair (plastic coated filaments) and foam
> (which breaks down). Also, the horsehair can be molded and added to
> for height. To reuse it, you just sift through it with your fingers,
> pulling apart the strands until it is a new fluffy pile of horsehair.  I
> never encountered horsehair that I couldn't reuse.
>      Rather than throw away a worthwhile reupholstery material, you could
> at least ask area reupholstery shops if they might like it.
> Hope this helps,
> Anne Lusk, Ph.D.
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:27 AM Carolyn Gilmore <carolyn at bensonspond.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This may be a silly question, but one never knows:
>>
>>
>>
>> The First Congregational Church Rochester will be replacing horsehair
>> cushions well over 100 years old. Does anyone have a use for historic
>> horsehair?
>>
>>
>>
>> Carolyn Gilmore
>>
>> Rochester, MA
>>
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