I’ve also previously restored the 19th C pulpit & other items within the church.
The case required the coloured varnish removing before French polishing then dulling & wax polishing.
The replacement brass fittings also required colouring to Mach the aged case.
The new cane was then coloured & aged to match to others in the set.
Various repairs were carried out damaged & lifting veneers. All 4 legs had suffered from bad breaks & the juncture with the frieze.
The delicate open fret lids also required patching.
The sewing box was recovered & pleated in pure silk.
The beading aroun the rim also required loose sections gluing as well as replacements turned on the lathe,
The top had previously been varnished with a Matt polyurethane varnish which required stripping off.
The top was then bleached with oxalic acid to remove stains and reduce redness in the surface.
The top was then traditionally hand French polished then after a week to harden dulled down and wax polished resulting in a fine mellow surface.
The base also had repairs carried out to the damaged veneers then coloured & wax polished.
The top required multiple applications of bleach as the top was heavely stained probably by steel tools as it had been in a shed for many years.
The repairs were coloured & then surfaces cleaned & polished.
After many hours re gluing the lifting & blistered veneers the missing sections were cut from old solid rosewood. After repairs the top wa then bleached to remove the water stains & return the top to a more pleasing colour.
The table was then hand French polished over the period of a week then after another week to allow the polish to fully sink into the grain & harden was then dulled with a combination of pumice & rotten stone & wax polished to leave a more pleasing soft sheen.
I had to design & recreate the fret gallery as well as the umbrella stretchers.