furniture restorer
11refinisher — noun a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture • Syn: ↑renovator, ↑restorer, ↑preserver • Derivationally related forms: ↑restore (for: ↑restorer), ↑renovate …
12Refinishing — in woodworking and decorative arts means fixing or redoing the finishing paint, varnish or other top coating of an object, from resanding to new paint and new lacquer or varnish. The artisan or restorer is traditionally aiming for an improved or… …
13Antiques restoration — refers to either the practice of restoration restoring an antique or work of art to a like new condition (or what might be perceived by a viewer or potential buyer as like new), or conservation the practice of preserving an antique or work of art …
14William Kent — (born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, c. 1685 ndash; 12 April 1748) was an eminent English architect, landscape architect and furniture designer of the early 18th century.EducationKent s career began as a sign and coach painter who was encouraged to… …
15Rhode Island School of Design — infobox University name= Rhode Island School of Design motto= endowment= $380 million [cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =College and University Endowments Over $250 Million, 2007 | work =Chronicle of Higher Education | pages =28 …
16forgery — /fawr jeuh ree, fohr /, n., pl. forgeries. 1. the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person s name to any such writing… …
17Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
18Eugène Viollet-le-Duc — Not to be confused with Violette Leduc. Eugène Emmanuel Viollet le Duc Photograph by Nadar Born 27 January 1814(1814 01 27) Paris, France …
19Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel — born Jan. 27, 1814, Paris, France died Sept. 17, 1879, Lausanne, Switz. French Gothic Revival architect, restorer, and writer. After studying architecture and training as an archaeologist, he was placed in charge of restoring the abbey church at… …
20preserver — noun 1. a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture • Syn: ↑refinisher, ↑renovator, ↑restorer • Derivationally related forms: ↑restore (for: ↑restorer), ↑ …
