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Frances Normandin’s Bell Hanger
Frances Normandin, great-grandmother to our clients, designed and created the needlework bell hanger (ca 1930-1940) as a gift for her 15-year-old son, Fred Louis Normandin, Jr., or “Bub.” Fred was named after his father, the first grocer in the Mount … Continue reading →
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Planter’s Chair: 7, Buildup, Tufted Back and Seat
We are properly conserving a French-made Planter’s Chair, circa 1860. (You can begin here, if you like.) We’ll follow the chair through excavation to the new show-cover. We left off in the last posting with inside back excavation. The inside … Continue reading →
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Planter’s Chair: 6, Excavation, Back
We are properly conserving a French-made Planter’s Chair, circa 1860. (You can begin here, if you like.) We’ll follow the chair through excavation to the new show-cover. We left off in the last posting with the Buildup of the Seat. … Continue reading →
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Planter’s Chair: 5, Buildup, Seat
We are properly conserving a French-made Planter’s Chair, circa 1860. (You can begin here, if you like.) We’ll follow the chair through excavation to the new show-cover. We left off in the last posting with frame and finish conservation. Mitchell … Continue reading →
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Planter’s Chair: 4, Reparation and Finish Work
We are properly conserving a French-made Planter’s Chair, circa 1860. (You can begin here, if you like.) We’ll follow the chair through excavation to the new show-cover. We left off in the last posting with the excavation of the seat. … Continue reading →
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Planter’s Chair: 3, Excavation, Back (Partial)
We are properly conserving a French-made Planter’s Chair, circa 1860. (You can begin here, if you like.) We’ll follow the chair through excavation to the new show-cover. We left off in the last posting with the Excavation of the seat. … Continue reading →
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How to Talk to an Artisan or Contractor
*this teaching moment applies to many types of situations… nothing here intended to be derogatory — just silly sweeping generalizations and fiction!* You have a lovely valuable antique (above) worth $5000 that needs work. Here are several scenarios and what … Continue reading →
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Planter’s Chair: 2, Excavation, Seat, Continued
We are properly conserving a French-made Planter’s Chair, circa 1860. (You can begin here, if you like.) We’ll follow the chair through excavation to the new show-cover. We left off in the last posting with the seat partially excavated. Removing … Continue reading →
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Planter’s Chair: 1, Excavation, Seat
We are properly conserving a French-made Planter’s Chair, circa 1860. We’ll follow the chair through excavation to the new show-cover. An overview of the process, from one vantage point, below. We begin with excavation. Excavation is the discovery process, and … Continue reading →
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Lianne’s Linen Sampler Ca 1806
Lianne’s Great-great-great-GREAT grandmother, Hannah Epes, completed this sampler on June 26th, 1806, when she was 10 years old. It came to us in the sweet old handkerchief box her grandmother kept it in, above, a keepsake. I like hearing the … Continue reading →
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An Afternoon at Philip Foster Farm National Historic Site
Mitchell and I performed a condition assessment at Philip Foster Farm in Eagle Creek, Oregon, the end of July. Philip and Mary Charlotte Foster sailed around Cape Horn and landed in Oregon in 1843. They established a store and farm in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barlow Road, carriage conservation, carriages, Eagle Creek, Eastlake, Jacknife Zion Horsehaven, Mary Charlotte Foster, McLoughlin, Oregon, Oregon history, Philip Foster Farm, Portland, Portland Oregon, Textile conservation, Victorian furniture, Wagons
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How Do I Take Care of THIS?
by DKP How do you get information on caring for your precious family heirlooms? We are asked how-to care for items frequently, in areas where we have little expertise (photographs, digital information, etc.). However, we know where people can obtain … Continue reading →
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Tagged antique care, caring for your treasure, clean furniture, dusting, family heirlooms, how to, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, painting care, photograph care, polish furniture, Portland, Portland Oregon, quilt care, silver care, textile care, Textile conservation, Upholstery Portland Oregon, vacuuming, wax furniture
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