Restorer Beware
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Buyer beware might be a sensible adage to adopt when doing a spot of shopping.
However, ‘restorer beware’ is the phrase which needs to be etched indelibly on a restorer’s mind when dealing with the repair of chairs in general, and upholstered chairs in particular.
My very first restoration project, when I was training, was an upholstered Victorian nursing chair which my cousin had sourced for me in his local antique shop.