Old Boston

Incredibly excited to start working on this superb high-Victorian decorative tilt-top table. It's made of wood and compo, and features and extraordinary hand-painted ceramic plate depicting a female figure with cherub. Originally finished in gold leaf, it experienced many losses in the gesso and compo decoration, and was eventually painted with gold paint. There were quite a few terrible attempts to restoration, particularly on one of the legs and the pedestal. One of the legs had been poorly re-glued, and has recently come off. We are going to make all the necessary structural repairs, strip the paint, rebuild all the gesso losses, replicate and cast the missing compo elements, and re-gild the entire piece. Stop by again to see the progress!

Our restoration of a ca. 1830 New York mahogany card table is complete! We stripped the entire piece of its darkened and alligatored shellac, replaced all the missing veneer and trim at the bottom of the skirting, and French-polished the entire piece. The craftsmanship of this table is exquisite, and we are excited to see this restored piece of history in its new environment.

At Old Boston, we bring pieces of history back to their rightful place. This wonderful Carrara-marble mantel with its original summer cover was returned to a South End home, completed with a new matching hearth.