RESTORING AND FINISHING
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Examples of restoration
Chinese chest before restoration: this chest suffered extensive damage during shipping and lost its left carved panel
Chinese chest after restoration: Christian carved a new identical panel based on the other panel for the left side of the chest
Birdeye maple table before and after restoration
Federal sideboard
Bonheur du jour L. XVI chest of drawers Transition period chest
19th century tortoise shell tea caddy
Unique piece of furniture restored by Christian Dardonville in 1986 for the Nissim de Camondo Museum in Paris:
U-shaped Chiffonnière by Riesner
(this piece belonged to French Queen Marie-Antoinette)
This 19th Century Chinese horseshoe chair arrived broken in several pieces and almost black from age.
