Category Archives: Furniture polisher
Restoration of Louis XV1 style chair
With the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum, people grew completely fascinated with Greco-Roman style, now having more historically accurate ideas of the styles and motifs. The goal became to create chairs and furniture that were as close to the originals … Continue reading
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Hare And Moon Bygone Nostalgic Chest Of Drawers
Here we have on offer our Hare And Moon Bygone Nostalgic Chest Of Drawers. This piece is a collaboration of talents. Christopher Roe, Cabinet maker and furniture restorer. Dar’ya Meszkes Artist and Artisan. A fusion of design style and use … Continue reading
Camphor wood Chest
Featured below are before and after restoration photos of an antique Camphor wood chest.Restoration involved gluing back broken or fractured areas of the lid,removal of wood from the front section of the lid to accommodate for shrinkage.Refitting of the lid,so … Continue reading
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Tagged Cleaning Reviving and building a polished surface to reveal the true beauty of this timber
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Before, during and after restoration
Photos showing before during and after shots of a pair of Antique late Victorian mahogany balloon back dining chairs.The original surface finish has been cleaned with a mixture of Methylated spirits,Pure Turpentine,Acetic acid,Brasso, Washing up liquid, and Ammonia.Given a good … Continue reading
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Tagged Badly broken chair with poor surface finish now much improved
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Restoration to remove deep scratches
Pictured below is a fine Regency Satinwood sofa table with Rosewood crossbanding . The table had some deep scratches in the surface finish.The process of restoration involved using a polishing rubber charged only with methylated spirits .This was worked in … Continue reading
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Tagged Reworking a surface finish
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Gothic American Steeple Clock
This clock is in quite a bad way,a result of a break in. The thieves smashed the clock case and the door is missing altogether. Restoration will involve repairs to what is left of the case and a reconstruction of … Continue reading
Table surface restoration
A very attractive early 20th century hand painted satinwood occasional table.The damage here is a burn mark to one small area of the surface,probably caused by a lit cigarette falling out of an ash tray.The burn has gone through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cigarette burn restoration
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Staining and polishing
The new repairs are carefully levelled,bleached and stained to match the original surfaces.The surface is grainfilled with pumish powder and a body of traditional transparent shellac polish is applied. Followed by an application of handmade traditional wax polish to mute … Continue reading
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Stringing and crossbanding
From previous old repairs losses in the width of the central leaf have resulted in the outer stringing and crossbanding not matching with the outer leaf profiles.Now that the loss in width has been made up the veneer can be … Continue reading
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Dismantling : Pembroke Table stage 1
To begin the table top is unscrewed from the base frame and the three leaves separated.The veneer needs to be removed from the central leaf,in order to repair the underlying damaged substrate.The central fan decoration must be held securely together … Continue reading
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Chris Roe Furniture Restoration 