Cornwall Furniture Restoration
antique furniture restoration 
and french polishing

tel  01208 871444   Email iantiques@btinternet.com 
Ian Marshall  9A4 Restormel Industrial Estate Lostwithiel Cornwall PL22 0HG

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Before and After Items restored this week

  Victorian walnut davenport before restoration

  Antique restoration of a Victorian davenport.

This good quality antique burr walnut davenport was in a somewhat pour state,
missing its feet and in need of a new leather. The serpentine front and the well fitted stationary compartment are desirable features.

 

 Victorian walnut davenport after restoration and repolishing

A walnut antique coal pedonium requiring much restoration, stripping and repolishing

Edwardian Coal Perdonium

As you can see, this was in a sorry state and had to be fully stripped and then french polishing was carried out. The walnut underneath was of a particularly good color.

 

This pedonium has a very good depth of colour.

This oak roll top desk was particularly tired and required severe restoration before stripping and repolishing. The tambour also had to be relined

Oak Roll Top
Desk. This desk had severe damage to the tambour and also had to be stripped and then french polished 

The finished article

Restoration to early oak pew

Restoration of church pew. As you can see much of the carving around the edges had to be renewed, then water stained and wax polished. (left)

French polishing a mid 20th century radiogram (right)

This mid 20th century radiogram has a good warm walnut color

Late victorian games table

Victorian Walnut Worktable. General restoration.

This table needed to be repolished

A victorian side table

Restoration of mahogany bowfront chest (right) and early Victorian side table (left)

 

Repolishing a well proportioned bow fronted chest
 A rather sorry looking chest

Restoration of Georgian
mahogany chest of drawers 

  " voila"
A very pretty walnut bureau  Walnut veneered bureau  interior to bureau 

restoration of good quality mahogany bookcase 

Edwardian mahogany and inlaid display cabinet (right)

 

Good quality 19th century bookcase (left)

  A restored edwardian display cabinet

Early victorian pine chest 

Georgian mahogany bachelor chest (right)

Victorian pine chest (left)

 A mahogany bachelors chest

 An unrestored victorian mahogany desk

 This unrestored Victorian mahogany desk was in a sorry state. The crossbanding along the right side was missing as was some molding on a drawer and some veneer on the carcass, The whole desk then had to be stripped and repolished

 The same desk restored
 french polishing this mahogany table was particularly enjoyable Good quality late Edwardian kidney shaped dressing table (left).

Satinwood desk with tan leather top. (right) 

 This is a beautiful antique satinwood kidney shaped desk.