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Service Area: Cheshire, Derbyshire and customers within 15 mile radius of SK10

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C18th Mahogany Table

Eighteenth century round 4′ diameter period Honduras Mahogany Tilt Top Table. Re-polished and burnished to a high gloss finish.
  • March 6, 2023 10:29 pm·
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Keep in touch!

Don’t forget you can follow J D Worrall (Conservation) on Facebook  for lots of stuff about furniture repair Macclesfield, french polishing Wilmslow, furniture restoration Prestbury…
  • May 3, 2021 10:37 am·

Ercol 3 seater Sofa – finished

All new rubber webbing sourced and fitted. The webs are made to specific different lengths. In this model the webs have a loop at each…
  • April 26, 2020 10:37 am·

Ercol 3 seater Sofa: before

Looking a little (!) tired. All the rubberised webbing perished.
Next post is the finished item.
  • April 25, 2020 10:52 am·

Piano Stool – after

So, all joints now secure, finish as light as possible, reupholstered.
An item from my client’s childhood brought back to life, and finished to fit into…
  • April 19, 2020 10:54 am·


C17th Oak Panelling

The client had bought some later seventeenth century oak panelling (2 sections) from an antique dealer and wanted it fitted to a wall in his…
  • April 14, 2020 3:28 am·

Duet music stand

This is a duet music stand I designed and made for a client, from American black walnut. Finished by French polishing with shellac button polish.…
  • April 3, 2020 1:29 pm·

Strange times

Hi. Just wanted to say to you all that I haven’t forgotten you! In these strange times I have been a little preoccupied (!), as…
  • April 1, 2020 1:30 pm·

Victorian Banjo Barometer

Walnut case. This was painted black when it came in. Stripped of paint, french polished with shellac. Various small repairs to damage to wood, stripped…
  • March 16, 2020 1:31 pm·

Modern Veneered Coffee table (after polishing)

Coffee table after polishing. Finished with acid-catalysed lacquer, 90% sheen. This fulfilled the client’s requirements. A/C lacquer is a cross-linking polymer. It cures chemically when…
  • March 7, 2020 1:31 pm·

Sofa finished!

Rope twist edging braid applied where wanted, sofa finished. At last!
  • December 12, 2019 11:34 pm·

Sofa rebuild continues

White cotton wadding fitted over seat and arms. Top cover being applied.
  • December 12, 2019 11:30 pm·

Sofa rebuild continues

Cotton wadding fitted over hessian, then Top cover cut and fitted to backrest.
  • December 12, 2019 11:20 pm·
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Sofa rebuild continues

Hessian tacked over the horsehair. Hair regulated. Edges stitched up.
  • December 12, 2019 11:00 pm·


Sofa (still) in need of work!

4 rows of stitching all round the seat, then rolled edge stitched up.
Hessian on the backrest to receive horsehair.
  • December 10, 2019 10:50 pm·

Sofa (still) in need of work!

Hessian applied over horsehair. Edge stitching underway. There’s a lot of stitching in one of these!
  • December 10, 2019 10:25 pm·

Sofa (still) in need of work!

Hessian fixed over springs, and horsehair carded and fixed to hessian with a running stitch loops of twine.
  • December 10, 2019 10:10 pm·

Sofa (still) in need of work!

Seat webbing fixed on and coil springs lashed to the webbing, then the tops of the springs lashed together
  • December 10, 2019 10:00 pm·

Sofa in need of work!

Here’s a rather tired Edwardian Sofa. Broken leg, collapsed upholstery, just old and tired. Ready to start. Following posts will go through the stages.
  • December 10, 2019 1:58 pm·
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Just so you know, we have a J D Worrall (Conservation) Facebook page.
  • December 7, 2019 1:59 pm·

‘Tis the season to be jolly

I can restore your dining table and make it a thing of beauty, ready to gather your family and friends around this Christmas.
  • December 4, 2019 2:03 pm·


Table restoration for Christmas

If you want your dining table restored and/or French polished for Christmas you need to book it in before 7th December to make sure it…
  • December 2, 2019 2:04 pm·

Child’s Chairs

Little spindle back armchair and a pierced seat rocker. Rocking chair had a broken rocker. Made a new one, fitted it and coloured and finished…
  • December 1, 2019 2:05 pm·

In time for Christmas!

There’s still time to book your piece(s) in for restoration by Xmas. The Dining table is the very focal spot for the family Christmas Dinner.…
  • November 23, 2019 3:05 pm·

Child’s Chairs

Little rocking chair: Rocker broken. Made and fitted and coloured new rocker. Small hoop-back Armchair: Left arm, rail, stretcher joints broken. Secured broken joints: built…
  • November 23, 2019 2:50 pm·

Inlaid Stool

Not a special piece (except to the owner!) but just a nice little stool. Broken leg rebuilt and secured, cleaned and waxed. All it needed…
  • October 6, 2019 2:56 pm·

Painted Furniture

Prepared and spray painted with pre-catalysed lacquer paint. Gold highlights. Upholstered and piped.
  • September 23, 2019 2:57 pm·

Eames Chair after restoration

Broken wing repaired, new rubber mounts fitted, woodwork cleaned and finish revived, leather cleaned and colour and finish returned to it.
  • August 30, 2019 2:58 pm·

Burr Walnut Loo Table

Nice Victorian table. A tilt-top table on a pedestal base. Loo was a very popular card game amongst Victorian ladies. Rebuilt shellac finish after being…
  • July 28, 2019 3:01 pm·

C19th Rush Seated Ash Rocking Chair

Re-rushed in Dutch fresh water rush, then sealed to leave it cleanable in the future. We can create a new rush seat using traditional materials…
  • June 13, 2019 8:03 pm·
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