A New “Flying” Tester Bed for Stenton

I’m resetting this entry now that the bed is finished. Stay tuned.

Tinges clock hood. Restored scroll work

This clock had lost its scroll work, making it a flat top, but evidence on the top such as glue prints and tool marks allowed for reverse engineering of the restoration.

Vose style work table

There were a number of issues with this table, including lost veneer from either side of the drawers, badly dented and corroded drawer pulls, dirty and degraded finish. The interior of the top drawer had been modified and had lost the central divided box.

New, aluminum leafed frame

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Object conservation and making a new frame

This 6′ roundel was acquired from a ball room of a on old, closed Art Deco hotel in the midwest. The image is a combination of paint, gilding, lusterfarben, applied mother of pearl and mica. It was very dirty, overpainted and degraded. This was first conserved and then the frame was custom made, decorated with silver and aluminum leaf.

Arts and Crafts frame

A new frame of my design for this family portrait.

Booby Hatch

This hatch, designed by Murray Peterson Assc. is the finished product of a DIY article written for WoodenBoat magazine. I used to write for them a lot, but this is the first article in nearly 20 years. 

Empire Pier Table

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This pier table had been subjected to serious water damage, deposited accretions, lost metal mounts and finish damage. The appearance was greatly improved after treatment. The ormolu mounts needed to be cleaned. Lost veneer, finish damage, lost metal mounts and a lot of crud on the surface. After treatment was completed.

Carved and Gilded Cartouche

This cartouche, including the shell, had been lost from the early 18th century English looking glass. I carved and gilded the recreation based on research into a related group of looking glasses.

Carving in progress with detailing being laid out.

Carving almost finished.

Finished carving with gesso applied.

Red clay bole applied…ready for gold.

 

Gold leaf being applied.

 

Completed cartouche mounted on the looking glass.

Albert Einstein’s globe and stand

This is Albert Einstein’s personal globe that is displayed in his office at Princeton. The Center for Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts conserved the globe, and I treated the stand, which had been broken and poorly repaired many times. This is a pre-treatment photo…click on the link below. (Photography courtesy of CCAHA)

See: http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media_items/november-december-2012-focus.original.pdf