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Hand-tooling & Veneering
A single burst pipe meant severe water damage for this historic desk.

Posted Sep. 5, 2003

St. James Estate -- Cantigny -- A single burst steam pipe meant severe damage for this antique desk. RCR meticulously reveneered it from our collection of antique veneers.

The desk's fine detail was "french polished" by hand in the artisan craftsman tradition:

Finally, the distinctive leather desktop was hand-retooled in gold.

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Hand-tooling & VeneeringA single burst pipe meant severe water damage for this historic desk.

Hand-tooling & Veneering
A single burst pipe meant severe water damage for this historic desk.