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Period Mahogany Table | View progress: 1
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| | | This wonderful
Victorian period occasional table arrived with a long history of previous restorations.
Joins were misaligned and failing. Various parts were improperly placed and two
filets were missing. The table was literally falling apart, which in turn, made
it a little easier to disassemble all the elements and begin reconstruction more
properly.
After clearing all the joins from previous adhesives, dowels,
epoxies, fillers, and accretions, the splits were secured and damaged dowels were
replaced. Reconstruction was accomplished with traditional hide glue, used for
both its durability and reversibility. A latex mold was created from an existing
filet in order to fabricate two new filets cast from epoxy resins. After filling
and retouching, minor scratches were finished with a final polishing of wax. |
