Related Works

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  Corner chair

  Complete restoration with new polish and upholstery. A completely transformed chair.

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  Pair of dining chairs

  Te old polish on the chairs was stripped off and then french polished. The seats were re-upholstered.

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  Cane chair

  The chair was in poor condition with a perishe and damed finish on the wood, a broken and fragile cane back and old fabric on the cushion. The old cane was stripped off and the lacquer on the frame removed. The chair was then refinished. The back was caned and the cushion was refurbished with […]

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  Set of baloon back chairs restored

  A set of baloon back chairs that had not been used for some time and in storage. They required all the joints gluing up, theold polish removed and new french polish and then the seats upholstered.

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  Ercol chairs – restored and upholstered

  A pair of Ercol chairs fitted with new webbing, stripped and refinished and with new cushions.

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  Low chair (to be caned)

  This chair had arrived in  a broken state with various joints missing and parts detached. New joints were scarfed on and the chair re-assembled. Surface damage was repaired and it was polished.

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  Dining chair – Broken back slat and upholstery

  This chair had missing sections of the back splat and old upholstery that was badly worn. New shaped sections of the back splat were made and fitted and the seat was removed and upholstered with fresh top cover.

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  Arne Jacobsen office chair

  This was wobbly and the client was unsure of what was causing it. I established that the main pivot was worn and arranged for a new socket to be welded on to provide the main shaft with a  tight fit. This resolved the problem. Some while after a further problem was raised as the chair […]

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  Drop in Seat frame

  The client brought this in to be recovered but on closer inspection it was found to have crumbled away.  It had previously been re-upholstered with the new webbing tacked over the old. The upholstery was old and filthy. It was disposed of and a new frame made up to fit the chair. It was then […]

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  Ebonised corner chair with marquetry design in back splat

  This chair was in poor condition. There was marquetry missing in the top rail and the polish was in need of rejuvenation. It also need the pin cushion seat upholstered. The marquetry was replaced and it was polished before finally being upholstered with a  pin cushion seat and piping on the edges.

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  Chaise

  The chaise was in very poor condition. The frame was falling apart, the cushions were old or missing and the surface finish perished and badly damaged. The old upholstery was removed, the frame was repaired and consolidated, the surface stripped and refinished and then re-upholstered. As it was to be used as an occasional bed […]

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  Victorian spoon back ‘ladies chair’

  The chair seat had collapsed and after removal of the old upholstery it was found that the frame had extensive woodworm damage and had crumbled away. The old frame was used as a template and a new one made from  beech. The legs were reinstated and it was then upholstered ready for a top cover […]

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  Broken back splat on Georgian dining chair

  This involved the repair of the back splat of an Georgian dining chair. Some of the parts had been saved but many other smaller sections were missing and had to be made and integrated into the back splat. They were then carved to match the various profiles and coloured to match.

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  Swivel office chair

  An old and worn swivel chair was completely transformed with new upholstery and a snazzy new top cover.

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  Set of 4 1960’s Ercol chairs

  This is a set of Ercol Quaker style dining chairs from the 1960’s. They were finished in a very dark stain and lacquer which had become damaged over time. They were all stripped and prepared for refinishing. They were then lacquered in a  clear lacquer that enhanced the figuring of the wood.

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  Norman Miller ‘Eames’ dining chair

  New shock mounts fitted. More information can be found about these chairs at wikipedia