This English-trained furniture conservator and his staff
of highly skilled Vermont artisans at Meeting House
Furniture Restoration repair, restore, and refinish
antique and contemporary furniture, and perform museum
quality conservation of wooden heirlooms and artifacts,
from their historic 1833 Meeting House.
SPECIALIZING IN:
 Professional structural
repairs of chairs, settees, sofas and casegoods. Example
Reproduction
of missing carved or turned furniture elements
to match the original.
Example
Repair of damaged
veneers, inlay and
intricate marquetry.
Restoration of original clear finishes in historic
interiors. Example
Repair of
porcelain, china, pottery, plaster and glass objects.
Example
Metal hardware repair, brass polishing and metal plating.
Example
Chair reseating in:
cane, rush, Shaker tape and splint.
Hand stripping and refinishing with hand applied finishes.
Example
Repair upright and grand piano cases, piano finishes and
veneer
on-site or at our workshop.
Complete Restoration of antique furniture.
Example
Restoration of
wooden heirlooms. Example
The
Meeting House is an experienced full service moving-damage
repair specialist. They can restore your household
articles in your home or their workshop. Contact
them directly or ask your moving claims adjuster to assign
the claim
to them.
A
large percentage of the jobs performed by the Meeting
House are for private clients. However, they have also worked with large
commercial institutions as
well as local and state governments. They restored all the representatives desks,
the two Senators' 15-seat settees, and other furniture
in the Vermont State House Legislative
Hall .
In
years past we have worked on the preservation and
restoration of furniture and woodwork in many historic
buildings throughout the United States. Examples include
the Senator Justin Morrill homestead, South Strafford, VT, the President Calvin Coolidge Summer White House, in
Plymouth Notch, VT, and the Isaac Bell house
in Newport, RI.
The skilled artisans at the Meeting House were recognized for their high level of craftsmanship exhibited
in their restoration of the Vermont State House
furniture at the annual meeting of the Friends' of the
State House.
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