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<p>[QUOTE="Svenedin, post: 2354876, member: 15615"]It is amazing what the attentions of a skilled French Polisher can do. I have had several pieces looking very shabby from degraded shellac that have been absolutely transformed by a skilled polisher. The new leather is very smart and since this is a desk I work at every day it is a very pleasant surface to work at. I am not so much an antique furniture collector as a clock collector and it is not at all unusual to see clocks with cases in as good condition as the desk (and considerably older too). I think this kind of condition is usually only seen in pieces that were expensive to begin with and because they were expensive they were well looked after. Having said that, the previous owner of this desk was careless with his cigars and spilt an awful lot of ink (blue-black it would appear)!!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]261300[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]261301[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Svenedin, post: 2354876, member: 15615"]It is amazing what the attentions of a skilled French Polisher can do. I have had several pieces looking very shabby from degraded shellac that have been absolutely transformed by a skilled polisher. The new leather is very smart and since this is a desk I work at every day it is a very pleasant surface to work at. I am not so much an antique furniture collector as a clock collector and it is not at all unusual to see clocks with cases in as good condition as the desk (and considerably older too). I think this kind of condition is usually only seen in pieces that were expensive to begin with and because they were expensive they were well looked after. Having said that, the previous owner of this desk was careless with his cigars and spilt an awful lot of ink (blue-black it would appear)!! [ATTACH=full]261300[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]261301[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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