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Not a "Dave Quality" restoration, but I did manage to bring it back from the 'near dead.'
This desk, made in Grand Rapids sometime in the late twenties or early thirties, belonged to my Mother-in-Law who passed away about 25 years ago.
Since then, it's sat in a niece's basement or garage, and got wet, dirty, and musty. It had a lot of veneer separation due to moisture, and quite a few dents and dings. I did make some new mahogany veneer for several patches, too. The 'Soss style' hinges had all broken, and the pot metal bases of them had just crumbled away. I did manage to find the right size new Soss hinges for it, though.
Finish is red mahogany stain, sealed with shellac, then about six coats of Target EM8000cv conversion varnish.
BTW, the ink (and maybe coffee) stains in the pull-out writing surface were too deep to get out. They do look worse in the pictures than they do in 'real life,' though.
This desk, made in Grand Rapids sometime in the late twenties or early thirties, belonged to my Mother-in-Law who passed away about 25 years ago.
Since then, it's sat in a niece's basement or garage, and got wet, dirty, and musty. It had a lot of veneer separation due to moisture, and quite a few dents and dings. I did make some new mahogany veneer for several patches, too. The 'Soss style' hinges had all broken, and the pot metal bases of them had just crumbled away. I did manage to find the right size new Soss hinges for it, though.
Finish is red mahogany stain, sealed with shellac, then about six coats of Target EM8000cv conversion varnish.
BTW, the ink (and maybe coffee) stains in the pull-out writing surface were too deep to get out. They do look worse in the pictures than they do in 'real life,' though.