RECENT RESTORATION TO A LARGE IRISH MAHOGANY DINING TABLE.

Thursday, December 12, 2024
recent restoration to a large irish mahogany dining table

You can see the restoration of this large Irish mahogany dining table which had suffered extensive damage during its lifetime. All the tops had to be removed & rejointed & 1 leaf had suffered a very bad & jagged split at an angle along the top which had had many poor & unskilled attempts to repair. I had to clean the very jagged edges before regluing & reinforcing with biscuits which I tend not to like using on period restoration but on this occasion both their added strength & aiding alignment & preventing slippage I decided to use them. The table had previously been refinished in the most awful modern sprayed lacquer by a so called French polisher which I often encounter the same type of finish previously applied. Because this had already started to degrade in places I found it best to use a cabinet scraper to go back to bare wood & begin the polishing process proper.

The whole table required stripping, sanding, traditional hand French polishing over several weeks then dulling & waxing. Needless to say the client was delighted with the end result.

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