Standard - water damage on the base, missing drawer bottoms, joint work separating from deteriorated Hyde glue, sagging cubbies, etc. This desk above was a basement storage item for quite a while. In addition, a dining table, a set of chairs, and repair work on a lawyer’s cabinet are shown. This 'S Roll top' provides a perfect example of a classic office desk of the early 20th century. Eric's first golden oak restoration, another roll top, was 'pre' digital camera - and Artisans completed multiple desks over the years. Our Golden Oak restoration gallery is rapidly expanding, these are are a just few recent pieces in our portfolio.

Golden Oak is a perfect medium to restore to it’s former beauty - only now it posses the richness of antique patina. We love to work on any of these pieces: desks, bedroom sets, dining sets, office furniture, etc. These pieces restore beautifully and face no restrictions how methods and finishes as do true antiques. Did you throw out a set in the 50’s or 60’s … you tossed out a $15,000 dining set, a $4,000 desk, or perhaps a $5,000 glass door cabinet? … well if you have one left they are a restoration dream. Amazingly even Stanley used many of these old pieces as scrap wood through the 60’s … we’re taking a wild guess at about $50,000 worth. Shown left, quarter sawn oak, a restored golden oak tabletop. The pink was removed, the remaining veneer restored, and the various components were repaired and reinstalled. True to Stickley's form, the piece is mortis and tenon joints with pegs and most of the structural sections were intact. The piece was fully restored, including new veneer on one side that was damaged to severely to repair. The piece was apparently at one time painted pink, why? We have no idea why, but whomever did this should themselves be painted pink. This Stickley secretary arrived in a condition not suitable for function or display. Obsessively well made, these pieces survived generations of the worst-case furniture abuse known … and are now breaking records with their selling prices today. 'Golden Oak' - perhaps the best known of the machine made mass-produced American furniture of the early 20th Century.ĭesigned as office and home furniture, these pieces feature a trademark quarter sawn oak in solid or veneer.

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