Tag
mahogany
Restorations
An English Pembroke Table with a Split Leaf, Reglued and Refinished
A George III mahogany Pembroke table, c. 1785, came into a Hudson workshop with a leaf split along the grain and a finish that had been waxed for two centuries. The work of repairing it took eleven weeks.
Restorations
An 18th-Century Brass Stick Barometer, Back to Working Order
A George III mercury stick barometer signed J. Ramsden, London, came into the workshop with a fractured tube and an empty cistern. The work of refilling it, in 2026, is no longer simple.