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From the workshop — restoration stories
Real furniture that has been through our workshop — before, during, and after.
Structural repair of a carved armchair
When the joints have weakened, upholstery is not the first answer. The armchair was held in many clamps so the parts of the frame could be brought back into place and the skeleton stabilized before the work continued.
Reupholstery of a carved armchair
A record from the workshop: stripping the old upholstery layers, checking the foundation, building up the filling, and covering it again — without hiding the carved wood.
Splitting a large sofa into two units
A structural solution for a large sofa: opening the upholstery, dividing the frame into two units, and reinforcing and rebuilding them so the parts can be joined and still read as one sofa.
The same form, a new character: changes of upholstery
Four comparisons from the workshop show how the choice of cloth, color, and pattern can change the presence of an armchair — while the lines and proportions of the frame stay.
From the frame to the cloth: rebuilding a wingback
An old wingback was stripped to the frame, given a new support foundation and upholstery layers built again, and finally covered in a deep-toned cloth with light piping.
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