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My customer wanted a fresh wax finish, as hadn’t been waxed in decades.
Lifted the finish beautifully..
18th Century English Country Oak Wine Table of Larger Proportions
The well patinated, circular tilt top, on a tapered, turned central column
Resting on three out-swept cabriole legs
This table has never been restored, I will not restore this table until sold, and will only be waxed.
Wasn’t the original finish and had too much red in the polish.
Will now suit their overall decor better and not look so heavy.
One of a pair of Venetian Murano
Red/Pink and Gold Aventurine Glass Table Lamps. In the form of a Dolphin, in the manner of Salviati, 34cm overall height
Rare 17th/18th century European oil of a classical figure on copper.
Wonderful late renaissance period colours, with a 19th century gilt frame.
17x14cm
We restored this arts & crafts period side table for a customer recently.
Thought it was worth showing photos from finished to damaged in reverse..
The square cross-banded top badly broken due to being dropped.
The shops so full of stock I may need to use workshop as part showroom.
I find flannelette the best for a good easy shine. Cut all seams from material.
Use your palm on a flat surface, obviously fingers into corners or threads, such as this.
Before and after photos.
Also the last wine thread I had, turned into a standard lamp.
We recently restored this late Georgian mahogany, beautifully silk upholstered arm chair for a customer.
He’s owned it for years. His cheeky new puppy thought the moulded hand rest was tasty!
Great work patching and re carving thanks Eddie. I did the colouring, not easy with the silk.
David polished, cut back and re wax finished.
Great teamwork here as always, and one very happy customer!
Charlie & Jack did all the preparation months ago.
Stripped the thick sticky red/brown lacquer, removed the same applied felt and prepared for (Graeme Davidson, Woodshed Antiques) to re felt.
Sadly his son spray painted an object on the top, not realising the consequences to the finish or his bank account!
Table restored, including all chipped paint.
So happy customers.
Originally had a matching caned seat.
Had been upholstered years ago,
with borer eaten front seat rail.
Fantastic repairs by Eddie, polishing by Jack and colouring by me.
Craig Howell, upholsterer dropped the chair back today.
Looking great!!
Merrin will be a happy vegemite
18th century English country oak gate-leg table.
Charlie restored this table for Behruz, where it sits in their entrance foyer to the centre of a stunning rug.
Charlie’s worked with Amir, Omid and all their wonderful staff for some time now, until he departs for Thailand later this month.
This is Charlie’s ‘thank you’ to the boys
Thanks to Jack for showing him.
Lacquers can rarely be saved and usually too dark to bother trying.
In these cases we hand strip the lacquer, clean surface, mix a base stain,
this time using “bitumen” a little trick I thought I’d share.
Re-french polish, then cut back and wax finish to soften shine.
Afters then before’s of a now attractive 19th century English mahogany lowboy/side table.
Having a cross-banded top with ebonised stringing inlay.
Was very sun damaged and patchy on arrival, as you can see in last photos.
This was a restoration job for customers.
We just restored this late 19th Australian Blackwood folding library chair for a customer.
The frame and seat were broken.
Re-glued, wax filled damage lines, clean back surfaces, colour where necessary.
Waxed up so well.
Restoration of a 20th century retro rosewood sideboard.
Five after photos, then three before.
We couldn’t work out exactly what had been applied to the lacquered finish to make such a patchy mess.
Heavily cleaned back, removing all damages and paint spots.
Re french polish, colour damage during process, cut back and wax finish.
Very happy customer!
