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The chandelier needed to be wired for electricity before it could be hung in a Kent based church. Wiring for electricity is a common modification that is required and in this case and many others, the central shaft is required to be changed to a hollow one so that the electrical wires can pass internally rather than being visible externally.
Style: Metal Chandelier
In 2011 we were delighted to be asked to restore an 18th Century Venetian chandelier from the Pink Drawing Room of Scotland’s Dumfries House. As well as performing repairs to damaged items of glass and replacing missing pieces, we also had to soak the glue off old repairs and rebond them as the glue had become discoloured over the years and in some cases was even beginning to fail. While found in a box at the property, following its restoration it now hangs proudly in the Drawing Room.
Style: Crystal Chandelier
There were many elements that required restoration on this antique Perry chandelier including 7 broken arms, a broken bottom canopy, crystal dressings missing and some that were incorrectly pinned as well as the whole fitting requiring rewiring and the metalwork required attention as the silver plate had tarnished.
This appears to be one of Perry & Company’s most successful designs and we have restored several models of this chandelier for the National Trust, City Livery Companies, London Clubs and private owners throughout the UK. By coincidence we also restored an almost identical chandelier for Chillington Hall at the same we were restoring this one.
Style: Crystal Chandelier, Large Chandelier
A customer found a lantern in their basement that had not been used for many years, but it needed a lot of work. A new 3-way central pendant wired with lamp holders was made, as the original had been lost, as well as manufacturing four missing leaf scrolls and one turned finial from the base. Any unbroken panes of glass were removed so that we could chemically clean the metalwork to remove all old paint, dirt and putty. Then apply two coats of red oxide paint inside and gild exterior of lantern in pure gold leaf. Replacement flat and curved glass was sourced and fitted and original glass cleaned.
Style: Lanterns
Fortunately this antique chandelier, which was almost certainly made by Hancock, didn’t have too many missing parts but still required some attention to rectify a few small issues. The metal framework required straightening, as it had become distorted. The top canopy had been put on upside down, so this needed to be re-positioned to be historically correct.The original central solid iron rod was replaced with a new hollow steel barrel, this allows the wiring to pass through unseen internally rather than visibly attached on the outside. It was just the interior of the chandelier that was rewired as the client wanted to retain the use of wax candles on the exterior nozzles, of which only a couple needed repairing with high viscosity adhesive. The strands of buttons were held together with very brittle metal pins that would almost certainly snap in the future, so about 1500 of these pins were replaced and the buttons themselves re-ordered to create a consistent graduation.
Style: Crystal Chandelier, Large Chandelier
Following an unfortunate accident to one of a pair of antique Georgian candelabra, there were a great number of broken pieces, infact the only completely undamaged item was the central serpet arm. Using the undamaged candelabra of the pair we were able to blow and cut replacement arms, nozzles and pans. Fortunately some pieces only had chips in or were clean breaks so we were able to repair these pieces to obtain as many of the originals as possible.
Style: Candelabra / Lustres
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