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Hancock and Moore sofa - help please

11 years ago

Hello everyone, I am a new member. We have been reading so much on this forum and just want to say thanks to everyone. We have learned so much.

I have an opportunity to get my hands on a couple of used Hancock and Moore sofas. The sofas are in good condition, however the back cushions look pretty saggy. Do you think this is how the cushions are supposed to look? If not, can I get your opinions of the cushions and any routes I will need to take to restore? Also, if anyone happens to know the model name, I would appreciate the feedback!

thanks!

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  • 11 years ago

  • 11 years ago

    I don't have personal info on the sofa you show but I did do a search on this site for Hancock and Moore and there were a lot of posts in the last year, most with pictures. I saw none with such slouchy pillows. Some of the posts were by decorators so maybe one of them will see your photo and answer your question. Or maybe you could get to the Hancock and Moore site and look at their catalogue.

  • 11 years ago

    Thanks nerdyshopper! From the best I can tell, from looking at tons of pics and the web and H&M site, it looks like it might be a model 1667 or "evening" sofa. I thinking/hoping perhaps I can restuff the back cushions with some polyester fiber.

    Any additional insight would be apprenticed.

    thanks again!


  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    The leather on the back cushions has been stretched. To me it looks like kids have been jumping or sitting on the back cushions or perhaps the family dog sitting on top of the back cushions or they ended up on floor and were used as pillows. This is perhaps an example of where a 40 lb kid, jumping on cushions can stretch and ruin the leather of a sofa. You could also try heating up the back cushion casings with a hot hair dryer holding it about 6" away and moving it around. This may help a little. You may have to bring these to an upholsterer and ask them to recut the back cushion casings. If they are down blend filled back cushions you might try unzipping the back cushions, grabbing the back cushion cores and shaking them up. In my opinion this is a stretched leather issue and not a collapsing cushion core problem. Otherwise the sofa looks quite good.

    If you just add fill to the backs it will just end up bunching up and moving around and you won't be happy.

    You could show this to a local upholsterer and see what they say. You might also send these pictures to Hancock and Moore and see what they say. Perhaps they would recut the casings. They may only do this for an original owner. I am not sure. You could also ask Hancock and Moore if they would sell you new cushion cores or even provide them for free. I think they will replace cores for an original owner for free (which I guess you are not). I would send them these pictures.

    Another possibility is to purchased new back cushion cores which are overfilled (from an online cushion company of which their are several--you can google this), which if properly made could fill up the loose casings. I suppose you could experiment by adding some fiberfill to the existing cushion casings to see how this would look.

  • 11 years ago

    Thanks so much to everyone. I will keep everyone posted in regards to how it goes. Anyone with additional insight, feel free to post! I need all the advice I can get.

    Thanks again!


  • 7 years ago

    What is the update Livesprings?