antiques restoration - Artabelle Furniture

Gramophone restoration

We do seem to specialise in restoring unusual and wonderful objects. A customer brought us a gramophone from c. 1950s with a damaged speaker grille.

20 November, 2021 No Comments

19th century Thonet bent wood hall stand

A classic and very well known piece of furniture, which arrived in our workshop in a terrible state: the timber was discoloured, water damaged, and

31 October, 2021 No Comments

Victorian elm chest refurbishing

This blanket chest had lost its shine and was looking rather dull. The legs were damaged by wood worm and the top had dried up

24 October, 2021 No Comments

18th century long-case clock pendulum repair

We were brought a very unusual job lately: a grandfather clock pendulum to recreate. The original being very old and having been repaired many times,

24 October, 2021 No Comments

Helicopter Table From G Plan

This mid-century table came to us with dried joints that were starting to fall apart. The legs needed to be dismantled, cleaned up and re

26 September, 2021 No Comments

Metal work: creating a missing decorative brass end cap for a table frame

A table we were restoring was missing a decorative brass cap on its frame which we decided to recreate. For this, we got a sheet

21 September, 2021 No Comments

Mahogany Upholstered Veneered Armchair

This elegant little armchair was brought to us wobbly, all the joints were dried and pulling apart. The armchair needed to be stripped from its

6 September, 2021 No Comments

Victorian Pine Chest

This pine chest was looking a bit tired and dull when it arrived in our workshop. The carcass was wobbly, the drawers’ runners broken, and

5 September, 2021 No Comments

X Frame 17th Century Upholstered Chair

This ancient chair was brought to us for structural repairs. The bottom middle stretcher was missing. It clearly broke off from the remaining side stretchers

31 August, 2021 No Comments

Drop-Leaf Ercol Coffee Table – Model 456

Having worked on several Ercol coffee tables in the past, we thought we knew what we would get when a customer said she was coming

29 August, 2021 No Comments

Splat back armchair repairs

This chair was brought to us with a broken back: the sides broke where they join the arms and one of the back spindles was

22 August, 2021 No Comments

John & Sylvia Reid Credenza

John and Sylvia Reid are synonymous with great furniture design. This modular single sideboard is part of the Stag range furniture manufactured by Stag Furniture

14 August, 2021 No Comments