Furniture Repairs & Restoration

Lascombe French Polishing are experts at repairing and restoring both modern and antique furniture. We offer an on-site service within Greater London the Home Counties, or alternatively we can take furniture to our fully insured and secure alarmed workshops near Guildford, Surrey.

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Items we regularly work on include tables, coffers, drawers, chests, wardrobes, chairs and stools.

Services include:

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• French polishing

• invisible repairs using patination and shading

• re-gluing / re-building (including timber sourcing)

• stripping

• re-lacquering, oiling, waxing

• veneering (and re-veneering) and carving
   

We can also make bespoke pieces of furniture.

Our Surrey workshop, where we undertake furniture restoration and refinishing.

This reception desk in a law court's office in London had had numerous coats of varnish applied to it over the years, and these had started to peel and crack. We chemical stripped it by hand, then gently sanded it to remove any damage, taking care to not damage the veneer. All surfaces were then stained with a light fast stain and sealed, before being finished with a lacquer for maximum durability.

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A Biedermeier-style library table (copied from the original design) banded in ebony. This table was made to order in our Surrey workshop by our resident furniture experts.

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Late Georgian dining chairs, replicated in Brazilian mahogany by our cabinet makers. The three new chairs were then stained and polished to match the existing seven and complete the set.

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A Regency (circa 1810) Rosewood Davenport desk with extensive water damage. We repaired the fretted gallery, replaced the leather, re-layed veneers and then repolished to completely restore it to its former glory.