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Every item is carefully stripped by hand. Four drawer chest of drawers and two farmhouse chairs ready for repolishing. |
Ercol table and four windsor wheelback chairs in dark oak |
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Ercol table on its own. |
Ercol small two drawer side table |
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Chaise longue - repolished and reupholstered |
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Pre Mothercare days!
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Table and six chairs
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Dining Table |
Dining Table corner detail |
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Sideboard |
Look at the grain on that wood! |
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Repolished and recovered Ercol Windsor Sofa. On van for delivery |
Designer Boardroom table. Two tone top with steel edging. Damaged in transit, now repolished and restored. |
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Is it a small table...? |
Or a sewing box? |
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BEFORE. Set of beautiful leather chairs (circa 1900). Old leather cracked and split. Note missing turned acorn top of end chair. |
AFTER. Repolished and resprung and covered in new leather. Note new turned acorn restored! |
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Small spindle rocker |
Four dining chairs - gallery backs |
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Bureau bookcase and desk |
Lovely old armchair |
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Wardrobe |
Gate leg table (circa 1930)... |
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with barley sugar legs... |
turned by hand.... |
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Slim gate leg table
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Polished and ready for upholstery |
Five drawer chest, mirror and plantstand |
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Dressing table and two chairs |
Pedestal table stripped by hand and ready for polishing |
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Boardroom table |
Showing original damage on boardroom table before repair |
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Three chairs |
Octagonal table |
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Pair of Cintique chairs, polished and ready for upholstery. |
Cintique chair, now polished and upholstered |
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Modern nest of tables |
Three small tables in mahogany |
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"This man enjoys his work!" |
"Yes, it is a table!" |
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Grandfather clock case. "Taking a rest..." |
Nest of tables |
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Oh dear!!!!! |
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dearey me!!!!!!! |
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Upholstery Stage 01 - Collapsed double cone original springing |
Upholstery Stage 02 - Old springs hessian horsehair and coconut fibre removed |
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Upholstery stage 03 - Arms recoverd |
Upholstery Stage 04 - seating and springs replaced in the traditional manner using new webbing springs etc... |
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Broken leg |
Repolishing stage 02 - Broken leg spliced in. Using traditional technique |
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Broken back rail |
Repolishing stage 03 - Broken fine rail carefully repaired and glued and - yes a bulldog clip works beautifully. |
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Repolishing stage 01 - stripped down |
Repolishing stage 04 - Repairing inlay work with TLC. |
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Finished result |
Finished results |
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Radiogram 01 - fully restored and it actually works! locatiion - Tadcaster |
Radiogram 02 |
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Radiogram 03 - lid open showing manufactuers logo |
Piano stool reupholstered and repolished |
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Corner detail |
Abandoned in a celler for 30 years now carefully dried out and ready for restoration. location headingley |
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1950's? glass display cabinet and wall display rack |
Octagonal coffee table |
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Unusual drop leaf triangular table |
Half moon hall table |
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Drop leaf dining and coffee table |
Chair with sentimental value to a customer inherated from an estate |
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G Plan 01 - detail of veneer repair. location - adel, leeds |
G Plan 02- corner desk and shelves repaired |
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Unusual arm chair with bookselves for the serious reader |
Ercol Dark Oak table and chairs restored |
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Ercol Sideboard, renovated |
Ercol table with windsor chair plus three dining chairs |
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Classic Edwardian balloon back chairs repolished and reupholstered in the traditional manner |
Parker Knoll arm chair cicra 1960's repolished and reupholsterd |
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Ercol tv cabinet and storage cabinet |
Ercol coffee table |
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Ercol hi-fi storage unit |
Piano stool with adjustable seat, repolished frame, repaired, covered in leather, 40 years old and the mechanism now works! Small stool to the left of sentimental value |
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Ercol Windsor chairs and table |
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