Restoration

Antique furniture restoration requires many specialist skills. 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.

Please contact us for a free estimate.

We offer the following restoration services:

Traditional Hand Finishing

Using traditional methods and recipes to make our own wax and shellac polishes we are able to repair and revive original surfaces or sensitively refinish. Unsightly watermarks and scratches and other surface damage can be removed.

Veneering

Traditional hand skills are employed to cut and re-lay veneers, using hide glue and traditional veneer hammers, cauls and hot sandbags. Modern technology such as the vacuum press is also used where appropriate.

Rush and Cane Work

This specialist work is still carried out by hand as it has been for many centuries.

Carving and Turning

We are able to copy and repair original carvings and turnings to replace missing parts.

Leather Lining and Tooling

The finest hand coloured hide and skivers are used enhanced by delicate gold leaf tooling using traditional tools and patterns.

Marquetry and Inlay Work

The painstaking and delicate work of restoring marquetry and inlay demands that each piece is individually cut by hand. Colouring of individual pieces to blend with the original using traditional techniques such as sandshading. Ivory, bone, brass, mother of pearl and tortoise shell inlays can all be restored and missing sections replaced if necessary.