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This is a series of fabricated wooden tray tables that I have lacquered to match an original.

Chinoiserie Lacquer Screen

Structural repairs, worms holes filled, missing chinoiserie in-painted, cleaned and polished.

This clock had some minor structural cracks, flaking, and missing chinoiserie. It needed cleaning, and a light polish.

This Georgian clock’s raised chinoiserie was loose or missing.  There were also structural splits, pitting, and a dried and blushing finish.  Loose ground was secured, and missing areas replaced.  Once all repairs were complete, the finish was revived, and the in-painting completed.

This miniature screen required lots of work.  Several of the panels were split, and about 30% of the lacquer was missing.  After picking off all the previous restoration, which was no longer stable, re-filling and re-carving  was done.  The screen was absolutely filthy, and given how fragile it was, took a long time to clean, but was worth the effort, to get to the original lacquer color.

Various Chinoiserie Chairs

Edo period statue/doll.  Known for their luminous pale skin, and round jolly demeanor, this guy was not so happy.  He was sort of self destructing from the inside out.  I have a great fondness for these particular sculptures, and it was a lot of fun to put him back together.

This screen’s surface was tenting. There was a lot of missing lacquer, and it needed a light polish.