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Repair and Restoration of Antique Wood Furniture

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Repair of Antique Wood Furniture

Learn basic repairs that are common to antique furniture using correct materials.  This is a beginner course for antique furniture repair.  Watch as chairs, cabinets, moldings, drawers, rails, tables, and a bookcase being repaired.  Learn what tools and methods are acceptable practice for antiques.  We can do almost all these repairs without specialized equipment and extensive tools since none of things existed at the time the furniture was made.  Most restoration work will use commonly available materials and tools  that you may already have in your home.  Watch and learn the original methods used by old master furniture makers with historic period materials.  See how to work with wood joinery, adhesives and fasteners.  Learn how to evaluate an antique for purchase.  Recognize any previous work, improper repairs or replacements.  This course is made for a beginner with no previous experience.   Not only is this course is for the beginner, but also offers much insight for an experienced person with regard to historically accurate materials, concepts and methods are practiced by many antique conservators.  MORE INFORMATION  

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This course includes many details, techniques and tips not normally explained in contemporary books.  The course was created with information obtained from rare antiquarian books that explained and described the processes used to create wood furniture of the previous centuries.  This included styles, types of woods, materials, fasteners, repair techniques, finishing formulas, and joinery methods.  With this knowledge and generally accepted restoration and conservation methods used by conservators and museums, this course was created.  This is a beginner course.  No previous experience needed.  

This course consists of 2 volumes for a total of  4 DVDs playable worldwide.  The total approximate playing time is 244 minutes.  A detailed 37 page course manual is included.  The price is $59.95.  Shipping cost is $6.90 to anywhere in the USA via United States Postal Service.  Special bundle price - click here.  

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John Tope is an associate member of the American Institute For Conservation Of Historical And Artistic Works,  Wooded Artifacts Group Of The American Institute Of Conservation and The Objects Specialty Group Of The American Institute Of Conservation.  Member of the National Association Of Watch And Clock Collectors.  Member Of  The American Watchmakers Clockmakers Institute and Associate Member of The British Horological Institute. 

 

Furniture Repair restoration

Bookcase. Design published by T. Sheraton 1806.

 

Furniture Repair Boxwood Cabinet

Cabinet of ebony with carvings of boxwood.  1867 exhibition, Paris.

 

Furniture Repair Secretary Bookcase

Secretary and bookcase carved in oak.  German gothic style.  1846.

 

The photos above are taken from the book "Illustrated History of Furniture" by Frederick Litchfield.  Published in London, 1892.  The book was formally owned by James St. Vincent Brook Saumarez, 5th Baron de Saumarez. (1889-1969)