Assess
Understand construction, condition and the minimum useful intervention.
Restoration
Conservation and restoration of fine furniture, guided by the original maker and the life the piece still has ahead of it.
Intervention kept to a minimum.
Each treatment begins with assessment. Structure is repaired, surfaces conserved and function restored without erasing the age that gives a piece its character.
Traditional knowledge, practical judgement.
Neil O’Brien is a member of BAFRA. The workshop undertakes cabinet repairs, veneer work, colour matching, traditional finishing and sensitive adaptation for contemporary use.
Conserve
Retain original material, surface and evidence of age wherever possible.
Record
Explain the proposed treatment and the work completed.
A piece in need of care
Start with photographs.
Clear images, approximate dimensions and what you know of the piece will help the first assessment.