Palm Desert Furniture Refinishing, Carved Cabinet Mark Fry has been serving in Palm Desert furniture refinishing since 1970. He also undertakes antique restoration of many kinds of antiques and artifacts, including stone and ceramics, clocks and sculpture (click on links to learn more). A Palm Desert furniture refinishing client needed his beloved cabinet refinishing, as the cabinet …
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Carved Mirror Frame Completely Repaired & Refinished Carved Antique Mirror Frame Restoration This is a beautiful and unique mirror from the 17th century. The frame is made of wood with ornate carvings and gilt finishing. The mirror itself is an authentic antique piece of history. Carvings and cracks had to be rebuilt in order to …
Newport Beach custom woodwork by Museum Quality Restoration Services A Newport Beach custom woodwork client ordered a custom-made mantlepiece. The mantle was designed by Mark Fry, owner & artist of MQRS. This mantle design was also carved for a second client in Tustin CA. The wood work detailing on these pieces are all indications of …
Severally Damaged & Broken Carved Rocking Chair; Re-glued, Repaired & Touched up. Carved Rocking Chair Repair This rocking chair was badly damaged, it had to be re-glued, repaired and touched up to blend in the repairs invisibly. It was quite a bit of work, but in the end the rocking chair was restored and will …
This Armoire (Wardrobe) arrived in pieces from a lady who almost gave it up as a lost cause, the back was missing and many of the carvings and fine molded edges were broken off or damaged. Read what the client says in her letter to me after she receives her restored Armoire: “Dear Mark, I just …
Ebony Wood Figure Sculpture Repair Gallery Our clients for this project, the Martins, wrote this lovely letter after they received their restored sculptures: “We have used Museum Quality Restoration Services and Mark Fry to repair and rejuvenate two different family heirlooms, wooden sculptures crafted in the 1950s and 1960s by Melinda’s artist aunt, Rosemary Cahoon. …
Completely repaired clock; ready for display at Camelot Theater. Antique Clock from the Camelot Theater of Palm Springs This antique clock is at the historic Camelot Theater in Palm Springs, California. It was badly broken and needed to be re-assembled from many intricate carved pieces, then touched up afterwards to blend in the repairs. Woodworking …
Chinese Rosewood Nest Tables finished restoration A Set of Chinese Rosewood Carved Nest Tables Rosewood is an ideal material for furniture making because of it’s strength and beauty. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to source due to over-exploitation. The tables had to be taken completely apart, joints cleaned and re-glued, reassembled, and then the original finish …
Cast claw foot, touched up, blended in, hand-rubbed entire bench. Palm Springs Furniture Repair, Carved Bench Claw-Foot Repair from Camelot Theater in Palm Springs This bench came from the Camelot Theater in Palm Springs, it had a missing foot, I made a mold of an existing foot and cast a new one and then attached, shaped …
African Carved Barrel Table. African Carved Barrel Table African carved barrel tables are usually made out of a single piece of wood, often from a tree trunk. They typically have three or four legs and a round top, and are decorated with intricate carving. Barrel tables were popular in Africa during the colonial period, and …
