Furniture and antique restoration requires a broad range of skills which include for example: skillful structural repair; complete disassembly and reassembly where original glue has failed throughout; creation of wholly new parts where originals have been completely shattered or lost; replacement of disintegrated veneers; restoring and repairing original finishes such as hand rubbed shellac French Polish, oil varnishes, milk paint, lacquer, gold leaf, leather; and exercising a discerning sense of color to match original surfaces. Here are a few examples, showing various phases of the work. (Click thumbnails for large photos and then use "Back" button to return.) For more such examples click here: Restoration, Part 2.
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Complete restoration of an exotic 18th Century American chest of drawers |
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An historic table at the Washington State Capitol involving marquetry, veneer stabilization and replacement, and French polish restoration |
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Veneer replacement on a fine chest of drawers |
