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M.E.L Furniture Restorers

M.E.L Furniture Restorers - an established furniture restoration company based in the small rural village of Cartmel, Cumbria. Elizabeth, an antique and modern furniture restorer, undertakes all aspects of restoration work. Michael, a time served metalworker and blacksmith, specialises in handcrafting gates, railings and other decorative metalwork. Michael and Elizabeth also produce handmade pure beeswax polish with turpentine which is ideal for maintaining the finish on both antique and modern furniture.

Canning Antiques & Restoration

Canning Antiques is able to offer a full range of restoration services so that any project may be completed without the inconvenience of having to transport pieces to several specialists. Our clients are given a thorough appraisal of both the structural and cosmetic damage to their furniture. Estimates are then given free of charge. Should additional work be considered necessary once work is underway the client is immediately consulted.

Traditional Hand Finishing of Antique Furniture - Veneering - Rush & Cane Work - Carving & Turning - Upholstery - Leather Lining & Tooling - Marquetry & Inlay Work

The Antiques Warehouse, 719 South Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. G14 0XB

Traditional Restoration Company

Traditional Restoration Company - Restorers of Fine Antique Furniture. We are a small antique furniture restoration business securely situated in an old coach house in the village of Dorney in Buckinghamshire (near Maidenhead and Windsor). We use traditional restoration methods and take great care to ensure that the furniture in our care is sympathetically restored. We have a large stock of old and antique wood with original surfaces, old handles, locks, castors and hinges, so that exactly the right piece can be used for your repair. We employ only qualified crafts-people who take pride in their work, and who will take good care of your furniture. We aim for the best possible standard of work - it is important to us that our customers are happy.

Farcroft Ceramics Repair

At Farcroft Ceramics Repair we welcome both individual and museum status projects. We have carried out prestigious ceramic repair work for Dyson Perrins Royal Worcester Museum and other museums all around the globe and have extensive practical knowledge and experience of china doll and china, porcelain and earthenware figurine repair, conservation and restoration. Currently we are involved in ceramic restoration projects for auctioneers Bonhams and Christie's and also a number of professional ceramics and pottery dealers across the country and abroad.

British Antique Furniture Restorers Association

The British Antique Furniture Restorers Association was founded in 1979 by a group of graduates of West Dean College, Sussex, England, they having all completed the BADA Diploma course in Antique Furniture Restoration and Conservation BADA, The British Antique Dealers' Association. This was a period of a spiraling antique furniture prices and the proliferation of unqualified and unskilled Antique Furniture Restorers.

BAFRA's founders felt strongly that the public and antique trade needed some form of protection for their furniture as did the established craftsmen.

Applicant Requirements for Full BAFRA Membership

Entrants must have at least five years experience in the profession, with high achievement in cabinet making and finishing skills, and equally high standards in some of the more specialist techniques such as gilding, boullework, pietra dure or lacquerwork. A thorough knowledge of Furniture History is also expected.

James Smith Antique Furniture Restorers

James Smith Antique Furniture Restorers specialising in antique and furniture restoration and conservation. James Smith Furniture restorers for all your antique restoration, preservation and conservation needs. We make regular trips to London and can provide a collection and delivery services to suit your needs

Unicorn Studios Conservation and Restoration

Unicorn Studios Conservation and Restoration - We undertake work for private clients, antique businesses, museums and public collections. Fees are reasonable, and detailed estimates and records of treatment are always provided. An object doesn't need to be monetarily valuable or old to be worthy of professional restoration, if it's precious to you that's all that counts.

Ottery Antiques Restorations

Ottery Antiques, Restorers, Purveyors and Makers of fine furniture. Ottery Antique Restorers are a small business in Somerset, specialising in the restoration of fine furniture, we offer a complete service from repairing a broken lock to the sympathetic total refurbishment and polishing that some extensively damaged items require. The company was formed in 1986. I myself the proprietor have now gained in excess of 35 years experience with antique furniture. Coupled with our small team of highly skilled staff we have a further 45 years of knowledge and experience in the trade to call on, so between us all we have the best possible solutions for most restoration problems. Our client list range from dealers who are members of BADA and LAPADA to private customers and government departments, we receive recommendations from leading Auction Houses and Insurance companies.

London Furniture Restorers

London Furniture Restorers - We are an independently operated antique furniture restoration shop that has been operating since 1970s from Wilcox Road, SW8, which is located 5 minutes from Vauxhall Bridge, London. Many of our clients are from across the river in Kensington and Chelsea. We repair and restore all antiques. We repair and restore furniture whether Modern or Antique, but specialise in 17th and 18th century Antique Furniture restoration.

Kembery Antique Clocks

Kembery Antique Clocks - Specialists in Antique clock restoration for museums and we offer a repair and restoration service for customers clocks. We are members of the British Watch & Clock Makers Guild. We stock very competitively priced Antique clocks - Antique Longcase clocks (Grandfather clocks), bracket clocks, wall clocks, tavern, lantern, carriage clocks and mantel clocks, antique music boxes and barometers.