CURRENT WORKSHOP CAPACITY · UPDATED QUARTERLY

Lead times by service. From COM receipt to delivery.

Lead times below reflect current workshop capacity, updated quarterly. All times measured from COM (or fabric) receipt at the Colvin Street workshop to delivery at the install address — meaning the trade-rep shipping window is on the designer's calendar, not ours. Reserved per-quarter capacity for active trade accounts compresses these times; new-account first projects run at the published lead times. Antique restoration scopes carry the wider ranges because the work is per-piece and condition-dependent.

Submitting COM Trade Landing
Workshop wall calendar — large hand-painted quarterly schedule board showing bench-work weeks allocated
From the workshop

I. RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERY

Sofas 5-7. Sectionals 7-10. Club chairs 4-6.

Residential upholstery lead times: standard sofa (84 to 96 inches, 3-seat) 5-7 weeks; sectional (3-piece L through full U-shape) 7-10 weeks; club or wing chair 4-6 weeks; settee or loveseat 5-6 weeks; ottoman or bench 3-5 weeks; headboard 3-5 weeks. Lead times scale with piece size, complexity (deep-button tufting adds 1-2 weeks; matched-pattern alignment adds 1 week), and any frame stabilization or refoam work running ahead of recover.

Bergerie workshop bay residential lead-time tableau — completed 84-inch Camelback sofa with a 5-7 WK jute timeline tag, sectional sofa frame with 7-10 WK, club chair on a turntable with 4-6 WK, settee with 5-6 WK, ottoman with 3-5 WK, tufted headboard with 3-5 WK, foreground leather-bound lead-time ledger with a weekly throughput grid, large brass timepiece showing workshop hour
From the workshop

II. DINING CHAIRS + SETS

5-8 weeks for a set of 6 to 12 chairs.

Dining chair sets — typically the project is the whole set rather than individual chairs. Side-chair set of 6 to 8 runs 5-7 weeks from COM receipt; side-and-host set of 10 to 12 (mixed back styles) runs 6-8 weeks; matched-set of 14 or more (large estate dining rooms) runs 7-10 weeks. Pattern alignment on matched-set work adds workshop time but is the difference between professional and amateur work; we always run matched-pattern alignment on dining-set jobs unless designer specifies otherwise.

Bergerie dining-set staging bay for a matched 12-chair set — long oak bench with twelve identical Hepplewhite shield-back side chairs in two rows of six at identical recover stages with the matched-pattern striped silk carrying across all 12 backs in the same vertical placement, wall-pinned timeline ribbon reading SET OF 12 · 6-8 WEEKS · MATCHED-PATTERN ALIGNMENT, foreground roll of the striped silk COM and pattern-repeat math ledger
From the workshop

III. DRAPERY + SOFT GOODS

4-6 weeks for drapery. 3-5 weeks for Roman shades.

Custom drapery (per pair, pinch-pleat or French-pleat, interlined for body) 4-6 weeks from fabric receipt; longer for double-height (12+ foot drops) where interlining and weight tape add fabrication time. Roman shades for 3 to 6 windows 3-5 weeks. Slipcovers (sofa or club chair) 4-6 weeks. Bedding fabrication (duvet, shams, bed-skirt set) 4-5 weeks. Soft-goods work runs faster than furniture upholstery because fabrication is on the table rather than the bench, but pattern alignment and interlining are the time-consuming elements.

Bergerie soft-goods workroom with a lead-time corkboard above the cutting table — cream-silk triple-pinch-pleat drapery panel pinned mid-fabrication, wall corkboard pinned with four letterpress lead-time tickets (CUSTOM DRAPERY · 4-6 WK, ROMAN SHADES · 3-5 WK, SLIPCOVERS · 4-6 WK, BEDDING SET · 4-5 WK), oxblood-damask Roman shade mid hobbled-fold, Camelback slipcover mid-fitting, tailored bedding folded on a side bench
From the workshop

IV. ANTIQUE RESTORATION

Per-piece. Condition-dependent. 6-12 weeks typical.

Antique restoration runs per piece on condition-dependent timelines. Antique chair restoration (Windsor, Chippendale, Federal, Hepplewhite, Sheraton) 6-8 weeks per piece for the standard scope (frame stabilization, hide-glue rework, finish revival, hand-stitched upholstery on the seat). Antique sofa restoration (Camelback, Empire, Victorian) 8-12 weeks for full period-correct work. Antique chest / highboy / sideboard restoration 8-12 weeks per piece depending on veneer condition, hardware restoration, and finish complexity. We do not compress these times for new-account work; the period-correct discipline takes the time it takes.

Bergerie antique-restoration finishing bench with per-piece-timeline assessment — Federal Hepplewhite shield-back side chair on a turntable mid hide-glue stabilization with the seat lifted exposing horsehair, wall-pinned condition-and-timeline card reading HEPPLEWHITE SIDE CHAIR · 6-8 WEEKS · STANDARD SCOPE with FRAME / HIDE-GLUE / FINISH / SEAT sub-rows, neighboring CAMELBACK · 8-12 WEEKS card on a separate bench, period-piece-photo log portfolio
From the workshop

V. COMMERCIAL + HOSPITALITY

Banquettes 2-4 per section. Reserved capacity for programs.

Commercial and hospitality work runs on different rhythms. Banquette refurbishment 2-4 weeks per section (often staged within a single restaurant closure window). Restaurant chair seats and bar-stool refresh on rolling 1-2 week turnaround. Hotel guestroom-floor refresh 4-8 weeks per floor cycle (20-30 rooms). Public-space lobby and lounge refurbishment 6-12 weeks. Annual program contracts with reserved per-quarter capacity are the recommended operating mode for ongoing commercial relationships.

Bergerie commercial-and-hospitality program-rotation alcove — leather-topped planning desk with a six-row rotating-cycle wall calendar pinned above (BANQUETTE SECTION 2-4 WK, RESTAURANT CHAIR SEAT 1-2 WK, BAR STOOL REFRESH 1-2 WK, HOTEL FLOOR CYCLE 4-8 WK, PUBLIC SPACE 6-12 WK, BANQUETTE FULL FLOOR 8-12 WK), stack of discipline-tagged project tickets, annual-program-contract draft, blanket-wrapped restaurant booth-benches staged for an overnight closure window
From the workshop

VI. RESERVED CAPACITY FOR TRADE ACCOUNTS

Active trade accounts get predictable lead times.

Active trade-account designers can reserve per-quarter workshop capacity in advance — typically 4-8 weeks of throughput allocated against the designer's project pipeline. Reserved capacity means predictable delivery dates: a sofa coming in to the workshop in week 1 of a reserved quarter delivers in week 6-8 regardless of other workshop demand. New-account first projects run at the published lead times above; reserved capacity unlocks for ongoing multi-project trade-account relationships. Email Jose to discuss.

Bergerie reserved-capacity planning alcove for a trade-account quarterly allocation review — partners' desk with a giant hand-drawn quarterly Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4 capacity wall grid pinned above marked off with three colors of active-trade-account ribbon-tabs representing three designers' reserved windows, leather-bound reserved-capacity ledger with redacted designer-name reservations, wax-sealed new-account reserved-capacity contract draft, three jute-tied project-folder ribbons
From the workshop

VII. CURRENT-QUARTER NOTES

Quarterly update. Trade accounts notified directly.

This page is updated quarterly. Current-quarter notes (anything outside the standard ranges above — material lead times on a specific fabric house, seasonal capacity adjustments, anticipated bench-load constraints) are sent directly to active trade-account designers by email. For new-account inquiries we confirm current-quarter timelines at scope-discussion stage; the published ranges above are the operating standard. Quarterly cadence reflects how the workshop actually plans capacity.

Bergerie current-quarter-briefing desk for the quarterly trade-account email update — stack of letterpress CURRENT-QUARTER NOTES · Q2 2026 briefing letters on heavy linen letterhead each with a wax-seal corner and hand-written sub-paragraphs, fabric-house material-lead-times memo with pinned swatches, seasonal-capacity-adjustment ledger, bench-load constraints summary card, leather portfolio addressed to ACTIVE TRADE ACCOUNTS, DC-metro map with district ribbons
From the workshop

Frequently asked

Are these times measured from order or from fabric arrival?

From COM (or fabric) receipt at the Colvin Street workshop. The trade-rep shipping window is on the designer's calendar — fabric houses run their own lead times for special-order yardage. Once fabric arrives at Bergerie, the lead times above apply.

Can active trade accounts get faster turnaround?

Yes — through reserved capacity. Active trade-account designers can reserve per-quarter workshop capacity in advance (typically 4-8 weeks of throughput per quarter). Reserved capacity means predictable delivery dates regardless of other workshop demand. New-account first projects run at the published lead times.

Why do antique restoration scopes carry wider ranges?

Because the work is condition-dependent. A Federal-period side chair that needs a clean frame stabilization, hide-glue rework, and seat re-upholstery is at the lower end (5-6 weeks). A Camelback sofa with separating joinery, lost horsehair stuffing, hand-stitched edge-roll rebuild, and full French polish on the exposed wood is at the upper end (10-12 weeks). We assess at the pickup or in-home consultation and confirm a tighter range before fabric ordering.

Drapery for double-height windows — longer lead?

Yes — typically 5-7 weeks rather than 4-6, because interlining and weight-tape work adds fabrication time, and on-site install logistics for tall drops require coordinated scheduling. Motorized rod systems add 2-3 weeks for hardware lead time on top of fabric lead time.

Dining-set lead times — can we accelerate?

Only by skipping pattern alignment on matched-set work, which we do not recommend. Pattern-aligned dining chairs are the difference between professional and amateur work; the workshop time required for proper repeat-matching is built into the published lead times. For matched-set work the right answer is to plan against the published times rather than try to compress them.

What about commercial work that has to happen overnight?

Different operating mode — commercial work runs on rolling rapid-turnaround for single-piece fixes (banquette tear, single section recovery, bar-stool refresh) and on per-section staging for multi-piece scopes. Hotel guestroom-floor refresh runs on the 4-8 week cycle but is staged 20-30 rooms at a time so the property is never fully out of inventory. Commercial vertical pages cover specifics.

How current is the published lead time?

Updated quarterly. Current-quarter notes (anything outside the published ranges) sent directly to active trade-account designers by email. For new-account inquiries we confirm current-quarter timelines at scope-discussion stage. The published ranges above reflect the standard workshop operating capacity.