Restoration of a small Louis XIV period display cabinet in marquetry of foliate scrolls in amaranth, ebony, and maple with an olive and cherry wood frame. The marquetry on this piece is known as superimposed marquetry, or more commonly, marquetry in Boulle technique.
This piece of furniture had a significant number of missing veneer areas. The restoration work therefore consisted of replacing all these missing areas with scraped and sanded veneer, cut to the correct thickness, and then glued in place with hot glue.
The most interesting task was restoring a missing piece on the top panel. The challenge was finding amaranth of the same quality and, above all, the same weave. There are indeed two types of amaranth in this marquetry: a beautiful, tightly woven amaranth and a lighter, more textured amaranth.
To closely match the original finish of this piece of furniture, a wax polish was applied.
