Beautiful last quarter 19th century French oak rotating desk chairThe last photo shows before restoration.
Several patches and re carving, re gluing, removed the later varnished dark surface to reveal a very red raw oak.
Refused to sand or bleach, made up a green base stain that removed much of the red, a very old trick.
Re french polished, coloured in repairs, cut back and wax finished.
Craig Howell, upholsterer, removed the original pressed leather seat and reupholstered the chair to finish this wonderful job.
Eddie, cabinet maker, completed the repairs and carving. Also the ball bearings lubricated and running well.
Taking apart, removing old glues, packing the interior for stability, re-glueing and holding glues together.
Then watercoloring the damages out.
Wonderful outcome.
We just finished restoring this fantastic set of 19th century English Country Regency dining chairs.
A customer purchased them not realising that many users ago, someone had drilled holes through every leg and seat rail, tying a coat hanger style metal brace.
Once removed, not easily, they were a complete mess!
Eddie took each chair apart and rebuilt them. We cleaned back, filled the holes, disguised the repairs and refinished them.
Cut back and waxed today and ready to deliver.
I thought I’d share the process with you.
We recently restored this beautiful first half 20th century American mahogany extension dining table for some of my favourite customers.
It would have been easy to strip, sand and re finish.
Would have cost substantially more and the dark red/brown mahogany colour would have returned.
The overall fade is what’s so attractive re this table.
The carriers delivers to our workshops. We cleaned back the surfaces, retaining the original finish (most important) Shane, very cleverly filled the deep gouge/scratch perfectly level, no damage to surrounding surface! Exceptional!
Jack re french polished the table, during the processes, I coloured out the repair.
Once completed, the table was cut back and wax finished, to soften the shine.
Note: retaining the original fade and overall markings is most important.
Very happy customers and looks magnificent back in place, alongside the matching English Regency mahogany sideboard, we restored at the same time.
I’ll probably post that tomorrow….
Team work here, something we all enjoy…
We recently restored this 19th century Italian terracotta amphora.
They rest on the 31st floor and a freak wind gust broke one into pieces.
Here’s a few after and during photos of our work.
The first photos were taken once back in place.
Restoring is certainly our bread and butter when it comes to business income.
Seeing the smile on a customers face when delivering a finished piece can be more rewarding than the payment…
BTW, the views from this outstanding building are the best I’ve seen in Melbourne.
Jamie Allpress and Shane Smith have been bringing pre-loved fine furniture back to life for 80 years between them. Restoring furniture in the correct way is very important.
If you would like some advice or an idea on how much a piece would cost to restore you can visit us at our store, call 9824 8551 or email with photos of the piece – jamie@allpress-antiques.com.au Read More
Jamie Allpress and Shane Smith have been bringing pre-loved fine furniture back to life for 80 years between them.
Restoring furniture in the correct way is very important.
We also offer in house restoration and French Polishing services such as Staircases and Fireplaces…
If you would like some advice or an idea on how much a piece would cost to restore you can visit us at our store, call 9824 8551 or email with photos of the piece – jamie@allpress-antiques.com.au
Jamie Allpress and Shane Smith have been bringing pre-loved fine furniture back to life for 80 years between them. Restoring furniture in the correct way is very important.
If you would like some advice or an idea on how much a piece would cost to restore you can visit us at our store, call 9824 8551 or email with photos of the piece – jamie@allpress-antiques.com.au Read More
If you are searching for something in particular that we do not currently have in stock, we are more than happy to search for it. Given our 40 years of networking, we have been able to establish an impressive list of contacts worldwide. With this, we have the capacity to source almost any piece of furniture, art or decorative item.
You are more than welcome to visit the shop and discuss your interests with Jamie, otherwise you could contact him via 9824 8551 – 0415 555 998 or jamie@allpress-antiques.com.au
