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Antique Furniture Restoration & Conservation Silver Restoration & Conservation What Makes Antique Furniture Valuable
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Replica Fittings
On occasions metal fittings are missing from an antique. Perhaps a handle or pommel or in the case of candelabra below an ornate sconce. Usually fittings or enrichments are used in multiples. If one remains, identical copies can be made and cast using the lost wax method and centrifugal casting. The fidelity of this process is unbelievably good resulting in a copy as good as the original.
Shown here are rubber moulds of a sconce and a handle. Wax copies can be seen resting on the rubber moulds. The wax will be invested in a refractory material, placed in a furnace and burnt out. Molten metal will be thrown into the remaining cavity by centrifugal force resulting in a copy identical to the original.
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