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Pieces we have made and restored

Fifteen pieces we have made or restored. Each one has a set of photographs and a rotating view you can turn around. Much of our best work we are not permitted to show.

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Carved armchair

Related service: Upholstery

Carved armchair with cream upholstery and silvered detail on the frame.

Corner seat with fretwork back

Related service: Upholstery

Corner seat with a pierced fretwork back and a tufted rust velvet cushion.Side view of the corner seat, with turned legs and an X-shaped stretcher.Close view of the buttoned seat where it meets the carved seat rail.The back of the seat, with the fretwork panels seen from behind.Low angle across both seats, with the stretcher running underneath.Looking down on the two buttoned cushions that meet at the corner.

Scroll-arm armchair

Related service: Upholstery

Deep armchair in white upholstery on a carved wooden base.The carved arm, cut as a tight scroll with acanthus leaves.Front leg carved as a paw, with the seat rail above it.Corner of the frame where the scrolled arm meets the seat rail.

Valet stand

Related service: Woodwork

Wooden valet stand with a shoulder rail and a small drawer.The stand holding a navy jacket, with a tie over the rail.Open tray on top of the stand, holding a watch and cufflinks.Front view of the stand with the jacket squared on the shoulder rail.

Inlaid games table

Related service: Furniture making

Games table closed, with inlaid banding around the top and the frieze.The closed table straight on, standing on four fluted legs.The top part-opened, lifting the chessboard leaf clear of the frame.Top fully open. The backgammon well is inlaid beside the chessboard.Chess set laid out on the inlaid board.Close view of the pewter pieces set out on the light and dark squares.A leather chess case open on the tabletop.The reverse of the top, lined in green baize for cards.

Gilded high-back chair

Related service: Furniture making

Gilded chair with a tall openwork back and a pale seat.The back panel, carved as scrolls and leaves around an open centre.Close view of the crest, where the carving turns into a leaf spray.Front leg gilded and carved, with the seat still in its calico cover.The top scroll of the back seen up close, gold leaf over the carving.

Executive desk and side table

Related service: Furniture making

Executive desk seen from the back, with a carved cartouche on the panel.Corner of the desk, where the carving runs down onto the leg.The banded top and the shaped apron below it.Three-quarter view of the back panel and one cabriole leg.Looking down on a corner of the desk top.Close view of the carved cartouche at the centre of the back panel.Front of the desk, with three drawers along the frieze.The drawer stack on one pedestal, with brass pulls.Close view of a drawer front and its brass handle.A laptop and a leather writing pad on the desk in use.The desk straight on, with the writing pad set into the top.The matching side table standing beside the desk.The side table with a telephone on top, desk behind.Close view of the side table, carved to match the desk.

Marble-top pedestal table

Related service: Furniture making

Marble-top table on a carved pedestal, with a vase and books on it.The pedestal and splayed legs seen from low down.The shaped edge of the marble where it sits on the frame.Close view of the carved pedestal and the scrolled legs.The table set with flowers against a plain backdrop.

X-frame stool in teal silk

Related service: Upholstery

X-frame stool with a teal silk cushion and bullion fringe.Side view of the stool, the carved arms curling outward.The stool from a step back, where the two halves of the frame cross.Close view of the cushion and the carved arm ends.The stool from the other side, fringe hanging over the rail.

X-frame stool in gold damask

Related service: Upholstery

X-frame stool with a gold damask cushion and red fringe.Side view, the frame finished in a dark silvered grey.The damask cushion seen from above, fringe running along the edge.Front view with the turned arm ends pointing toward the camera.

Bombé bureau

Related service: Antique restoration

Bureau closed, standing against a wall below a framed painting.The fall front open, showing the pigeonholes and small drawers inside.The fitted interior straight on, drawers stepped around a centre door.Looking down into the writing compartment.Bureau from the side with the drawers pulled out.The lower drawers and the claw-and-ball foot.The swelling front of the carcase seen from one side.

Marquetry side cabinet

Related service: Antique restoration

Side cabinet with floral marquetry on a black ground and a dark marble top.The marble top lifted clear at one end, above an open shelf.One door open on the shelf and the lined interior.The curved end of the cabinet with the second door open.Close view of a gilt mount beside the marquetry panel.

Bombé chest with gilt columns

Related service: Antique restoration

Bombé chest with three drawers between gilded corner columns.The same chest from the other side, where the front swells out.

Round pedestal side table

Related service: Woodwork

Round side table on a turned pedestal, a chess set on the top.The table from below the top, pedestal rising from three legs.The underside of the top where it meets the pedestal.The top edge, with a fine inlaid line following the rim.The table with a glass vase of flowers on it.

Drum side table

Related service: Woodwork

Drum table with two drawers, on a pedestal with splayed legs.Closer view of the drawer fronts and the brass beading around them.The round top seen from above, figured veneer across the grain.One drawer pulled out and the curved door swung open.Both drawers out, and the timber inside is much paler.Close view of the two drawers stacked in the carcase.The finished table with flowers on top.

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