The Missing Piece - Restoring an Antique Workbox

Having succeeded in bidding on an antique rosewood work table at auction last week, I was disappointed to find on closer inspection, that one of the carved corners was missing. Unfortunately, its all too easy to bid in haste at auction and repent at leisure.

There was only one thing for me to do... Hand it over to my other half and hope that he could save the day (and quite a big investment!).

Using an original corner as a template, he cut the shape out and then used mahogany veneer, which was stained to match the rosewood. 

This was then glued and fixed in place. While not an exact match, this minimised the adverse effect of having a corner entirely missing and added value to my purchase hopefully. 

This will be going into our bay at Lifestyle (Hitchin) this week.