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I have an Ekornes Stressless recliner (leather) about 10 years old. The chair itself is in great condition, but the leather on the armrests is cracked and torn; too many sharp elbows for too many years, I suppose. I would like to repair, recover, or replace the armrests. Any suggestions? For your information: I have emailed Ekornes.

No answer for over one week now! I have contacted my local dealer. No help there!

I have contacted a local leather repair service, who may prove up to the job. They will give me an estimate in a week or so. So far I have not been able to find an upholstery shop that will recover the armrests in leather. Everybody wants to do the job in fabric rather than leather.

Chair Type Thanks for taking the time to respond. My chair looks like the one at the Ekornes site below. It is probably not this model because it is so old, but it looks very similar. Yes, the arms are removeable and I have carted them around to several uphostery shops without success. If all else fails, I suppose that I could find a similar leather and make loose-fittting armrest covers. I would rather do that than glue something onto the armrests.

In fact, I may make/get armrest covers even if the repair guy (if he shows up) can make a decent repair job. Nothing should be impossible I used to sell ekorness and have always found them to be very helpful. If you have your original receipt you need to see if the leather is paloma or indigo The arms a re screw fitted from the underside and once removed a good upholstrer will be able to reverse enginer the cover. It is just a matter for you to get leather you are happy with. Last resort is for to go through authorised dealers of ekorness to order arms but i would have a word with an upholstrer as a backup plan.

Repair Made: not great, but good! Thanks for your post. I went to an authorised dealer and they supposedly contacted Ekornes to try to order replacement arms (or at least obtain a quote for repalcement arms). Ekornes would not quote a price for arm replacement according to the dealer; presumeably due to the age of the chair. I also emailed Ekornes direct and have received no answer in over 3 weeks.

I removed the arms and carted them around to several upholstery shops. I only found one who would agree to to the job, but he wanted a ridulous price and assured me that the color match would probably not be acceptable to me. Perhaps, I should have shopped around and bought the leather myself then taken the leather and armrests to an upholstery shop, but I didn't I ended up going with a leather repair guy, who did an acceptable repair job (but far from great) at a price that was not out of sight. Now we will see if the repair job holds up. If not I will go shopping for leather and take it to an upholstery shop next time. Thanks again. Ekornes will sell new armrests, but not all styles and colors are available, as you have discovered.

Many upholsterers don't like to sew leather; it is a specialty skill and best done with an industrial machine made for sewing leather, so most avoid or do not sew leather at all. They must purchase leather in large pieces or full hides and it will not match, So a small job is not cost effective. Many Ekornes armrest designs are harder to sew than a t-shaped seat cushion with piping and take as long or longer to do. Small items have a lot of tight curves, which are slow and fussy to sew; Some Ekornes designs are actually made of a pillow inside a pillow, fitted together in a certain order, so the upholsterer has to reverse engineer it.

Which can be a challange. This is why the labor is expensive for what seems like a small thing.

A pair of armrests in a simple 'hot dog' design can take an hour or 2 to do, while a very complicated pair can take twice that. Check with your local leather repair professional. Some will sew new ones and recolor the leather to match (this is what I do). Some will know an upholsterer who can sew the armrests, then the leather repair pro can do the recoloring. The whole recliner has usually faded with age or become darker from use, so the only way to get leather the right color is to have it custom colored.

There is a DIY process for recoloring, but look for a supplier that will customize a kit for you. FYI: The reason most armrests need to be replaced is cracking and color loss due to body oils, which rot leather and accumulate over time, so damage accellerates exponentially with age. Also affects headrests.

I have an older Ekornes chair which I picked up in great condition for about 45 bucks here on Martha's Vineyard. It is the original model with the steel-tubing frame. I am looking for the two rotary handles on the side which allows you to reposition and tighten the chair at any angle through its range of motion. I am also looking at refurbishing a Danish Modern chair. So I am looking for the rubber slings that have let go in the frame. I don't know if anyone has looked up 'chair parts' online recently, but if you do you will be deluged by a mountain of trash absolutely nothing about which you are searching. Which is why I turn to you.

Any ideas anyone has would be great. Elastic webbing I've gotten elastic webbing from the link below. Prices are very reasonable. I've done chairs with the metal clips at the ends of the webbing that fit into grooves in the seat frame. They invariably pop out when someone is sitting in the chair (due to wear on the groove, I guess---the clip fits properly, just doesn't stay in).

So i've given up on the clips and have been tacking the webbing directly to the seat frame. I know this is probably heresy to a lot of people but I'd rather have the chair and be able to sit in it than not have it at all, or have it in a non-functioning state. (These are not super-valuable chairs in the first place, either.). Aladdin Hardlock Usb Emulator Win on this page.

Tyr ekornes norway Hi there for the locking handles try contacting a local ekornes dealer or ekornes in norway. The rubber strats can be a tricky if you have the old ones and these are imprinted with a number like 325 or 345 then you need to contact FAGAS.com for replacements. If they are pirrelli webbing then you need to show the frame of the chair where they are attached and I can then guide you on the best solution. There are clipped into the frame Held in by beech dowel stapled to frame so the seat pan image will help a great deal. Also you need to make a choice of elasticated webbing or pirrelli webbing.

The elasticated is rubbish for seats as it is too loose. Psychology Books In Bengali. It is ideal in backs / back rests. Thanks for all of your splendid suggestions. Thought it'd be ages before I got a reply.

You've given me some options with regards to both chairs. I came across an ad on eBay for a 'repair kit' for the danish chair (Item#: 67). He made a mistake when he referenced the material 'Elasbelt'. I looked it up, and they sell this stuff for 79 cents a foot and $1.69 for ten hooks.

He's selling a kit of 12 feet and 12 hooks for $50.00. Glad I didn't buy it!:) Keep your wits about you, folks! Thanks alot for all your suggestions! I'm in the same boat as the OP: needing to replace my two side rotary handles (used to keep the Stressless in a reclined position). Interweb searching has turned up little in terms of replacement parts.

Does anyone have a lead on where I'd acquire these? Thankfully, from visual searches, it would *appear* that these rotary handles (bushings?) are the same design from vintage Stressless models, to the contemporary ones being sold now. Can anyone attest to or contradict that statement? Actually, the actual 'Stressless' logo adorns modern ones, while vintage models are plain black.

Thanks for any help or direction anyone can offer.