Furniture Repair and Furniture Restoration Gallery

All Aspects of Repair on Fine Furniture and Antiques in Houston

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Shop is currently involved with several important restoration projects that will be consuming

all of our time till March 2012. We will not be taking in any new work with the exception of our

previous customers

  BEFORE    (click on photo to enlarge)       AFTER       Photo Gallery  2  

              Behning Baby Grand Piano Refinishing      High build durable finish

 English 18th Century carved gilt-wood mirror with perching Ho-Ho birds inspired by Thomas Johnson                  

    Extensive Structural Work    46 pieces hand carved      Gold Leaf    Water Gilding   Burnishing 24k Gold Leaf   

 19th Century Louis XVI style  Bird's eye Mahogany veneer Secrétaire à cylinder stamped Millet à Paris.    

Tambour damaged. Removal of wax and polish. After a 18th Century cylinder desk done by Jean-Henri Riesener

now at the Louvre in Paris.

Late 19th Century Louis XV Style  Kingwood Veneered Bureau Plat with gilt-bronze mounts

         19th Century Louis XV Style Bureau Plat Restoration

     Leather Top Replacement     Gold Leaf Embossing        Splice Veneer Replacement     Structural Restoration   

Sculpture Repair and Restoration Horns broken. Make sculpture pedestal out of solid hardwood

             1783 Long Case top section missing on hood

              Table all legs badly repaired. Duplicate legs

     1880's  Francois Linke Selette with Onyx Du Marble. One of seven made by Linke

              Late 1800's Oriental Divider  

              Methodical Restoration Work  

             100 Years of Polish & Dust       

                          Original Finish After Cleaning (undisturbed)         

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              1790's  English Pembroke Table/Top Badly Scratched (Christie's)     

14              Large Mahogany Flip Top Table           Coronado Club               

14a                                      

            Late 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Chest   Matching existing veneer.   Structural repair.

14b   Paul Sormani Kingwood Bureau Plat with gilt bronze mounts circa 1880.    

           Leather Top Replacement.  Leather Tooling. 23ct Gold Embossing.

  Splice veneer replacement go to this link:    Veneer Replacement

  19th Century Regulateur  de Parquet  veneered in Bois de Violette and Satiné richly mounted with ormolu  stamped H. Kahn.

Rare Bos de Violette & mahogany Bonheur-du-jour by Théodore Millet. Exquisite ormolu mounts

of the highest quality designed by  Léon Messagé.   Stamped twice “Millet a Paris”. Mounts stamped six times “LM”. 

 This piece won the Gold medal at the  1889 Paris Exposition Universelle.

    Louis XVI style  Kingwood Tulipwood  Satiné gilt bronze mounted  Vitrine. circa 1880.  Stamped Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener. 

              Duplicating/restoring base stretcher go to this link:   Duplication  

               Windsor Cup Trophy (Water Damage)       Refinish To High Standards  

   14c                                   

           Fine Hepplewhite  Mirror     Legs broken off     Correct previous repair work.

14d         13' Massive French Sideboard (late 1800's) Extensive Restoration Work       

                                                      River Oaks Country Club                             

    Specialized Veneer Replacement on Doors and Side Panels (Selected Mahogany Crotch Veneer )

14e      circa 1880 Joseph Emmanuel Zwiener Bombay Marquetry Vitrine in  Satiné and Kingwood richly mounted with ormolu.

   14f                                      

            Grandfather Clock Missing Door

14f                                                        Sotheby's

    Hand Painted Hepplewhite  Arm Chair   Correcting Previous Repair Work  

 Louis XVI style Gild Bronze Mounted Kingwood Mahogany Side Table circa 1890 stamped Francois Linke

             Francois Linke Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Vitrine. 

15a                                      

              Display for the Smithsonian                   Exceptional Repair Work

15b             Early American Carved Side Chair        

  15d                                    

 Pair of 18th Century Gildwood Louis XVI Consoles damaged in Hurricane Katrina. Gold Leaf   Water Gilding 

       Exceptional Refinishing  Work           High Build Durable Finish     

   Gulielmo Pugi Fine White Marble Statue  Fingers badly disfigured.  Correct bad repair work.

15e                 

        Mahogany Grandfather Clock Restoration       9" of base cut off. Make new base.

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       Steinway Baby Grand Piano/Photos do no justice to how magnificent this piano looks

 Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Commode with Ormolu Mounts after an 18th Century commode

 by Jean-Henri Riesener at Versailles, (Marie-Antoinette Sitting Room). 

              Marble Table Top Broken      

        Henredon Dining Table Legs Broken. Duplicate new legs.

 17        Four Balloon Back Chairs                           

   18a    12' Drexel Mahogany Crotch  Dining Table 

         Table Refinishing using the finest materials available anywhere              

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18th century English Japanned Bureau /Missing One Gold Leaf Finial/ Make Duplicate.   Christie's

 19a          Wardrobe Forklift Damage    Make Parts and Finish

 19b        8' 4" 1800's Decorative Oak Hall Tree  

                           Water Damage              

8c                                                                        

   19th Century Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Tulipwood, Coromandel Lacquer Parquetry Commode Stamped Francois Linke

      Windsor Cup Trophy (Water Damage)       Refinish To High Standards      

           Fine Hepplewhite  Mirror     Legs broken off     Correct previous repair work.

20a                 Large Oak Table                     Make Table Leaf  & Finish  

            Late 18th Century Gilded  Italian Table  Correct previous repair work

20b                                                                              

       Specialized Veneer Replacement (Selected Walnut Burl)/High Build Durable Finish                           

 20d            1890's  Ivory Inlay Table            

                  Bleached from Direct Sunlight        

20e                            

   Louis XVI Style ormolu-mounted mahogany, parquetry and Vernis Martin Vitrine by Millet circa 1880.

  21a                                    

  Fine Louis XVI Headboard & Footboard /New rails & supports all made of solid hardwood.

21b       Platform Eastlake Rocker         

   Burl Veneer Replacement on Top/Tufted Upholstery/Highly Skilled Finishing Work

21c                                                  

      10' Mahogany Dining Table. Refinish using the finest materials available anywhere

22a                                             

           Two English Trosby Sideboards.       Veneer repair and refinishing.                

22b                           

   Burl Walnut veneered Headboard and Footboard. Full  to King Conversion.

22c                                                         

         13' Three Pedestal Dining Table Refinish top using the finest most durable finish available            

22b        Noble Drilling  Award Pedestal      Make Exact Duplicate   

  1870-1880  Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Vitrine Cabinet with ormolu mounts. Detailed Restoration.  

     Detailed Hardware Cleaning                 Structural Restoration               

     Fine Reproduction Mahogany Crotch Sideboard     Water Damage   

                              Grandfather Clock Refinishing

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