Apple Bee Gartenmöbel Katalog 2020

GARDEN INSPIRATION MATERIALS
At Apple Bee, we use our own Biculair® wickerwork. This is an HDPE-thread that is weatherresistant,
colourfast, recyclable and eco-friendly. The thread is braided around an aluminium
frame, ensuring that the outdoor furniture has a very solid construction. We apply different
wickerwork thicknesses and colours in our furniture. We work with, for instance, finer 3 mm
threads up to huge 20 mm threads!
Did you know that all our wicker outdoor furniture is
braided manually? Usually, it takes our professional
wicker workers several days to produce 1 piece of furniture!
MILOU DINING
WICKER
Wicker is the English naming for certain types of wickerwork. Even in the old days, many baskets
and other utility articles in the Netherlands were already braided, using reed that was cut at the
waterfront. In the beginning of the 20th century people also started to use it for the production of
furniture. The peel of the reed would be removed to give it a more uniform colour and to make
it possible to be stained into nice colours. In order to be able to meet the demand, they started
importing rattan from Asia. Rattan is still widely used for indoor furniture, but it is less suitable for
outdoors. For that reason, nowadays weather-resistant wicker is being used for this.
The collective name wicker has 2 different sub-types:
• HDPE - high density poly ethylene: these are the most expensive threads, but also have the
best quality. It has the highest tensile strength, as a result of which it can deal with the largest
tension. The seat of your furniture will, as such, never simply sag. It is typical that the thread
will look like new for a very long time. This is the most durable choice.
• LDPE - low density poly ethylene: this is a cheaper thread, with a lower tensile strength. It can,
as such, only handle a much lower tension, as a result of which, for instance, a seat may easily
sag. Each year, the thread loses a bit of its strength it also it becomes less attractive over time.
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