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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 1125359, member: 4654&quot;]Thanks for the update, wow it looks a lot better than it did before. I restore nearly every antique I buy to a greater or lesser degree, I know how you feel when you have started a restoration project and realise it&#039;s beyond your skill set, I do it all the time but I am yet to have failed completely. If this was mine I would be tempted to complete the job (unless you know a really good/cheap restorer) all it needs is gluing back together, I know it&#039;s no easy task but plenty of thought and a few dry runs should allow you to foresee any future problems. Even if you know a good restorer they are unlikely to have worked on a box like this. I had a restoration project on a Khatam cabinet where the fall front had broken in&nbsp; half <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/the-largest-khatam-fall-front-cabinet-i-can-find-anywhere-in-the-world-19-18thc.17348/#post-238692" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/the-largest-khatam-fall-front-cabinet-i-can-find-anywhere-in-the-world-19-18thc.17348/#post-238692">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/the-largest-khatam-fall-front-cabinet-i-can-find-anywhere-in-the-world-19-18thc.17348/#post-238692</a>, the break wasn&#039;t clean and it wouldn&#039;t fit back together neatly because the wood fibres were all twisted, to compound the problem the micro mosaics stood further up making gluing difficult, for a long time I left it thinking I would never be able to use it as it should be used because the restoration costs would be very high but one day I found the courage and took the plunge, it all worked out very well and now the front can be used as it should.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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