Mazarin desks, flat desks, slant-top desks, lady’s desks, cylinder desks, scribans, secretaries, escritoires… I restore different styles of antique desks from different periods with the methods, materials and products closest to those used at the time they were made. In this gallery, you will discover photos illustrating the stages in their restoration.
Restoration of a slant top desk
The walnut veneered frieze on this slant top desk was in very bad condition and its carcass (the back, structure, ...
Restoration of a lady’s desk in rosewood
This very elegant small desk in rosewood has the particularity of being heightened by a vertical piece that forms a ...
Restoration of a cylinder writing desk
Here I restored a writing desk in rosewood and kingwood. This desk is enhanced by three medallions in polychrome inlaid ...
Restoration of a Mazarin desk
This is a Mazarin desk in kingwood that was bleached to produce its very pleasant blond aspect. The implantation of ...
Restoration of a half-moon desk
Semi-circular desk with kingwood marquetry for the frieze and frame. The writing surface is in leather and a moulded bronze ingot ...
Restoration of a dutch writing desk
Dutch cylinder writing desk richly decorated with a floral marquetry on all its components. Opening the cylinder top gives access ...
Restoration of a Napoléon III slant top desk
The varnish had worn away and the bronze had tarnished on this small Napoleon III slant top desk called a ...
Restoration of an old mahogany desk
Here is a flat mahogany desk in Louis XVI style with its desktop covered in its original leather. Well worn, ...
Restoration of a secretary in solid walnut
Louis XVI secretary in solid walnut. Its particularity lies in the two rows of drawers situated above the flap, and ...
Restoration of a Napoleon III lady’s desk
The style of this small Napoleon III desk reproduces the curved forms in the spirit of Louis XV furniture. The ...
Restoration of a cylinder desk
This is an old component desk composed of three distinct parts: the base with its drawers, the cylinder and its ...
Restoration of a Louis XV flat desk
Louis XV flat desk. Dismantling of the bronze pieces. Restoration of the bulging or missing marquetry. For a finish, I ...
Restoration of Louis XV scribans
The type of desk that is called a Scriban is in reality a piece of furniture of 17th century Dutch ...
Restoration of a Louis XV slant top desk
Here I restored a Louis XV slant top desk on which the kingwood and rosewood veneer was very warn, even ...
Restoration of a ladies’ writing desk
Restoration of a ladies' writing desk called a "Bonheur du Jour". Fruitwood marquetry on a rosewood background and a floral ...
Restoration of a panelled desk
Restoration of a panelled desk called a "Table de Changeur", kingwood veneer in frieze. A top forming a flap and ...
Restoration of an inlaid Louis XVI secretary
"Invisible" inlay hidden by successive varnishing. Parts of the veneer were buckling or missing. Restoration in its entirety. The leather ...
Restoration of Syrian Furniture
Here is a piece of furniture of Syrian origins and its chair, which I restored together. The piece has several ...