Assessment of damages
- Furniture, wooden sculptures, musical instruments, gilded and painted picture and mirror frames
- Veneer and marquetry
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- Inlays of ivory, bone, horn, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell
- Marble tops and inlays
- Linings of paper, leather and fabric
- Cane and rush seats
Structural repairs
- Reinstate functionality of drawers, cabinet doors and chair and table frames
- Replace missing hardware in the style contemporary to the piece
- Consolidate weakened wood e.g. due to wood worm infestation
- Reconstruct missing chair or table legs
- Stabilize wobbly pieces of furniture and frames and re-attach broken off elements
Restoration of decorative elements
- Replace lost elements, e.g. replace lost veneer or carvings with new wood
- Reattach loose veneer, marquetry, inlays and broken off carving
- Color match newly added pieces to the surrounding areas
Surface and varnish treatments
- Separating later from earlier or original paint layers
- Treatment of dull and delaminating varnishes, scratches and losses
- Varnishing and french-polishing of wooden surfaces
- Non-traditional and traditional water and oil gilding
First aid
- Stabilize loose and flaking gilding, veneer, varnish or paint before moving or packing for transport
- Reinstate stability of after impact damage, basement flooding or fire