Tag: Furniture restoration Guildford

Restoration of antiques and furniture around Guildford

Are you looking for someone who can undertake the restoration of antiques and furniture around Guildford – a long-standing business that provides an expert and personal service? If you are then do contact us now! At Snelling Associates we have been dealing with the restoration of antiques and furniture around Guildford for over twenty years. Over that time, we have dealt with almost every conceivable type of restoration! So, almost certainly we can deal with whatever you need restoring. Of course we undertake a lot of insurance related work where antiques or furniture have suffered from impact, flood or fire damage. Often the damage to items brought to us by clients is very severe and yet it is rare indeed that we are unable to restore the piece concerned to the way it should look (and function). We can make turnings and filigree and replace veneer and so on, so…

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Furniture restoration in the Guildford area

We have been very busy recently with our furniture restoration in the Guildford area – with many interesting items of furniture coming into our workshops for repair and restoration. A good example of what we are working on now is the intricately inlaid, Dutch desk that you can see in the photograph below.  This wonderful piece has secret drawers and some very fine detail.  However, it has suffered badly and the front of the desk collapsed when we opened it, almost certainly due to the desk having been left to dry out too much.  This is a common problem nowadays, as almost every house has central heating and almost all homes are kept at much higher temperatures than in the past. Of course, wooden furniture needs to be kept carefully in the right environment and this is particularly true for fine furniture – and furniture that is veneered. Needless to…

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