This delightful buffet was easily identifiable as a piece from the 1880's because of its rococo design and English thistle pattern. The piece, while beautifully finished, was in a color scheme not conducive to the homeowner's new home. In addition, the piece was rubbed with a charcoal glaze over pale blue, but was missing some of the whimsy associated with such a Victorian piece.

In this project, we restored the piece to a pale yellow with mustard glaze, with deep olive rubbed into the decorative thistle and vine patterns. To top off this beautiful piece, we gilded the shell on top, and wiped it with a varnish, to which metallic leaf powder was added.

The customer was prompted for her color selections, which were taken from a carpet located near the buffet.

Urban Revivals created 12 different samples for her, reflecting different base colors, color glazes, and deep wiping colors for the engravings in this piece.

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The work was performed with the customer's sample placed carefully on the buffet. After priming, the base yellow coat was applied, followed by two wipes of mustard glaze, and deep olive glaze in the details.
 

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