Paul Berkhout, meubelrestauratie - antiek, Den Haag | Fineerwerk, Politoeren en Verguldwerk

Paul Berkhout, restaurator - antiquiteiten

Meubelrestauratie, Fineerwerk

Furniture restoration, Veneer work
Veneer restorations require a lot of time, only patience and the right choice of veneer combined can result in a success.
I collect old veneer, because it gives the most optimal result, the grain and colour of the restored object are most emphasized with this technique.
The use of animal glue (skin or bone glue) is a tradition many centuries old, I use this type of glue because it binds well to the glue already present in the furniture and because it is reversible.

Dutch

Studio

Polishing, Gild- and Veneer work

Restauration and ethics

Possibilities of restoration

Paul Berkhout
Oude Molstraat 32 D
2513 BB The Hague
telephone:
+31 (0)70-365 92 64

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Inpassen van gebogen fineerwerk aan Empire halbank. (klik hier voor vergroting)

Fitting bent veneer to an Empire hallway bench.
Furniture from the restoration studio for sale in web shop.

Polishing

Surface treatments are the defining factor for the appearance of a piece of furniture.
Colouring and polishing according to tradition are a processes of patience, the result however is a delight and, in contrast to modern varnish, only grows more beautiful with time.

Gild work

The restoration and gilding of mirror and picture frames is a speciality, because after each new gilding the old dignity of the piece has to be restored. The process of years of discolouration and patina has to be completed in just a couple of hours.