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SPANISH RED MASON MONTEREY A-FRAME

Note: We are adding older projects and updating (recreating) some which were previously posted because they were written at a time when tags and other web-based items were not offered on WordPress. This is one of them, and the older … Continue reading

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Mason Monterey Straw Yellow Tiled Side Table

From the Crowe Collection, this piece came to us chemically stripped.  We do not strip furniture, because it shrinks joints.  We prefer to skip sand original paints to raise grain for finish work. Crowe’s granddaughter gifted it to us, as … Continue reading

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Conservation of Mason Monterey Tinoco Bedside Stand

We conserved and restored a Mason Monterey side table with the charming, humorous and valuable Juan Tinoco horses on the drawer front. Our client’s budget determined our scope of work. The table top was warped, lifting on both sides from … Continue reading

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