Until now using gimp has always meant having to buy in large quantities – with very high costs
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Restoration / Reproduction
Lutyens Cardinal Hat Lights – The Ned Hotel
Design & Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction & Tassels, 31st May 2017
I am delighted to announce that my tassels have been used on Cardinal Hat Lights in the Lutyens Grill in the new Ned Hotel in London
Continue ReadingAesthetic Movement chair – analysis of braid for V&A Museum
Braids & Design & Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction, 30th May 2017
I was recently asked by Max Donnelly, Curator of Nineteenth-Century Furniture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, to analyse the braid on an Aesthetic Movement chair, in a private collection, to document how it was made.
Continue ReadingReproduction antique double tassel tie back
Restoration / Reproduction & Tassels & Tie Backs & Uncategorised, 24th January 2017
The recreation of a badly damaged antique double tassel tie back
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Replacement Fringe for Fonthill Pattern Chairs
Braids & Colour Matching & Fringes & Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction, 20th January 2017
Creating replacement trimmings for antique furniture is always more of a technical challenge than a design one as it is about trying to get as close to the original as possible.
Continue ReadingConservation at Felbrigg Hall
Restoration / Reproduction & Traditional, 19th July 2016
I was recently involved in a very interesting project to conserve the red silk pelmets in the Drawing Room at Felbrigg Hall
Continue ReadingDecoding Braids
Braids & Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction, 11th September 2013
One of the more challenging aspects of my job is when I am asked to recreate a complex antique trimming
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Braids & Heritage & Inspiration & Restoration / Reproduction, 20th March 2013
I am extremely lucky to have four very large old sample books. They are crammed with cuttings from all kinds of trimmings and I often get lost in looking through them
Continue ReadingAltar Cloth Braid
Heritage & Restoration / Reproduction, 12th February 2013
Conservation is one of the main reasons I am involved in projects, for Ickworth Church I helped restore an altar cloth to its former glory
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