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1930s Round Art Deco Cabinet
This gorgeous and unusual cabinet made of walnut veneer needed quite a lot of work done to bring it back…
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Camphor Chinoiserie Low Table with Stools
A customer brought us this lovely low table with 4 stools which was damaged and held together with tape. We…
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1717 Oak chest restoration
This is the oldest piece we ever worked on: An oak, ‘joined chest’ made by someone with the initials CB…
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Refectory dining table
A client approached us with an unusual and exciting challenge. He had a table made from timber salvaged from an…
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Church pew shortening
This massive church pew in solid oak was 2.65 meters long, and the customer wanted it shortened to 1.93 meters.…
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Victorian Pine Chest
This pine chest has been in the customer’s family for as long as she remembered. It used to be in…
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Ladies’ work box restoration
Sometimes, the simplest restoration jobs can completely rejuvenate a piece of furniture. This adorable ladies’ work box was in good…
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Nathan style sideboard
We regularly have furniture brought to us that have suffered water damage. It could be something like water rings from…
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Upholstered Armchairs
A simple but effective way to rejuvenate old armchairs is to clean up the timber structure and apply a fresh…
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Dining chairs in European walnut
A customer came to us asking if we could recreate 2 dining chairs, exact copies of the ones they already…
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Victorian Bookcase
Restoration and refinishing of a big, handsome, nineteenth century bookcase in walnut and mahogany, replaced or repaired veneers, mouldings and…
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Miniature Japanese Tansu Cabinet Restoration
At Artabelle Furniture, we had the privilege of restoring a delicate miniature Japanese tansu cabinet adorned with bold floral and…
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Japanese Tansu Writing Desk (19th Century)
Tansu (箪笥) is the traditional mobile storage cabinetry indigenous to Japan. The original hinges and metal work are as delicate…
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Gramophone restoration
We do seem to specialise in restoring unusual and wonderful objects. A customer brought us a gramophone from c. 1950s…
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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…