Halfway between art and craft, the work of a restorer of antique furniture is an occupation that has no schools or academies, although great masters.
All persons engaged in this kind of work, have developed their skills and abilities in a largely self-taught through observation and practice, through which they have managed to turn disused dilapidated dishes in beautiful and functional interior fittings.
And while the trade data for a long time ago, was the postmodern boom of the ’90s, combining elements of art with others in the past, which caused a small explosion of this type of professional, knowing the large demand for them their productions.
It is for this very reason that the old furniture, still unrepaired, is also more sought after today, especially if they require a great deal of repair, and can be quickly and easily restored for resale. While this complicated to some restaurateurs, also helped to “pull through” to families with economic problems, almost without knowing it, kept true treasures in the cellars of their homes.
The path of restorative
The path of any restaurateur, starts in auction houses, flea markets, antique shops, demolition, or visiting goalkeeper, to seek to buy at relatively low prices, or even receive gifts, furniture of the past, although sometimes they are damaged or broken, or yes should be in relative good condition, or nothing can be done with them, since the excessive work that demands to restore a broken piece of furniture is hardly duly paid by a buyer.
Once you have the old furniture, consult these professionals under famous old parts catalogs to find the patterns needed to perform the restoration. Thus, noting the design, colors, and textures, for example, corrugated cardboard chairs Ellen Gray, or objects or Pierre Poulin Frank Gehry, it will be possible to know how to get back to the unit lost its entire splendor.
Certainly the journey is not without its difficulties: most of the parts and materials that must be repaired or replaced and are no longer manufactured, and that’s where it comes into play ability, skill and ingenuity of the restorer, to achieve create exact replicas of the same parts or to replace them with other pieces. For all this, it might also need to sub-contract to different specialists, such as upholsterers, polishers, and electricians, among many others.
But the massive effort is well worth it: most of the restorers customers are people of high purchasing power, as ambassadors, foreign executives or Europeans or Americans who are looking abroad to get lower prices, but not limited …
An alternative: recycling
A good restorer should also know the art of recycling furniture. The difference between repair and recycle furniture, is related to the use that will be given.
While in the first case the object sought to regain its former glory deteriorated in the case of recycling is intended to give the furniture a new life, to use it in a different way to that envisaged by its creators.
In this way, old high drawers can now be recycled as a coffee table or an old pail of milk may be at present the base or foot of a floor lamp.
The decision to restore or recycle an object has to do with the state of the unit in question, and using the client, no doubt to customs and traditions different from the time it was created furniture, you want to give.
It happens that it is often impossible to repair a cabinet, but its strong, tough, and sturdy structure (remember that 50 years ago things were made with a much higher quality, without stopping at the “cut costs”) makes them very helpful to be used in a number of alternative questions.
Moreover, it is also true that many of the activities, habits, customs and duties for which they were conceived long ago the furniture today are no longer valid, and that is why they must be switched to other parts , which provide functions consistent with those used today.
For these cases, experts say, is necessary to take into account the views of the potential buyer to see what their greatest needs. But mostly, it’s all about to change the look and observe them in greater depth, concluded in the form, rather than the original function. Without doubt, a task that is very close to artistic creation.
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