Craftsmen in Wood with Potter Antiques

Furniture Restoration

Potter Antiques specialise in the repair and restoration of antique and wooden furniture. We undertake a variety of repairs, from simple renovation and re-polishing to the replacement of missing veneer and parts . In the worst cases we undertake total dismantling, reconstruction and restoration. We can work with most kinds of period furniture using traditional techniques, matching old timber where possible. We also replace desk and box leathers from a full range of colours and tooling and baize table tops.

Although we are based in East Sussex we are often able to make an initial assessment of necessary repairs from digital photographs emailed to us. We accept furniture from other parts of the UK for restoration and return. Please contact us for further information or a quotation.

We are happy to quote for the renovation of furniture and woodwork damaged by accident or fire for the purpose of insurance claims and to carry out the necessary work on acceptance.

We can also restore faded or damaged architectural woodwork or replace missing parts, including church work.

Here are some examples of our work.

An eighteenth century tallboy with brushing slide which we restored from a totally distressed condition having been previously stored in a shed.

and a French Boule table which took hours of painstaking work.

A restored and repolished oak gateleg table - one gate substantially renovated.

A quality Edwardian reproduction Elizabethan style Court Cabinet in solid oak.
Partially dismantled, missing parts replaced, re-assembled, coloured and waxed.

A revived and repolished period side table