On 21/03/2021 16:04, Tim Lamb wrote:
My wheel back dining chair seat has disintegrated (no corpulence
aspersions please). The puzzle is what was the original material.
The appearance is a thin version of hardboard!

Plenty of chair webbing and instructions on the web but I think cutting
and re-nailing sheet material looks easier.

Could it have been Elephant hide? Chair age unknown but possibly Edwardian.

I think you need something that has a bit of 'give', like proper
webbing but the Uniroyal stuff is very expensive.

Maybe it was just a tough bit of leather ?.