Method for assembling fabric to an article of furniture

A method is provided for assembling a fabric material, such as woven cane, in a channel which surrounds an opening in an article of furniture, and which eliminates the usual manual edge trimming operation. The method includes the steps of cutting the fabric material into a component having a predetermined outline which conforms in an oversized relationship to the outline of the channel in the article of furniture, applying indicia to the component at at least two predetermined locations which are specifically located with respect to the outline of the associated channel of the article of furniture, placing the fabric component to overlie the opening in the article of furniture while utilizing the indicia to accurately orient the component with respect to the opening, and then forcing the peripheral edge of the component into the channel. By design, the entire extent of the peripheral edge of the component enters the channel, so that no portion of the edge extends out from the channel, and thus no manual trimming is required.