My most expensive chair restoration
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2023
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This Empire style chair originates from some Russian 19'th century palace. At this time there were many good furniture makers in Russia. The exact origin is unfortunately unknown.
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☝This is a friendly competition between 4 channels☝. Vote by liking your favorite video. The video that gets most of likes, wins! The likes will be counted 02.12.2023
Fixing Furniture ua-cam.com/video/DmjHAyVWWqI/v-deo.html
Johns Furniture Repair ua-cam.com/video/Csx88UAJV6U/v-deo.html
Transcend Furniture Gallery ua-cam.com/video/vuEoWc6dEQ8/v-deo.html
AT Restoration ua-cam.com/video/PSDdysDRbrc/v-deo.html
We are from Brazil and our vote is yours - AT RESTORATION!
@@evasanz3466 I have one more chair from this set. I thought I must put some of it inside the new upholstery for future restorer to discover. This chair also gets properly catalogued by its owner.
Am voting for you🥰my favorite restorator👍
Voted for all. Thank you for introducing some of us to these creators.
I love how, even Master Craftsman that you are, you are not afraid to show yourself learning new techniques and trying out new skills. It’s inspiring.
Did anyone else hold their breath when he was putting the gold leaf on... beautiful restoration
Me too ❤. That's wonderful
I know you are a master craftsman,with years of experience, but when I watch your videos, I feel like I am watching a magician at work!!😍❤️
Agreed!!
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Agreed
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I totally agree.
One thing I really like is how quiet the video is. Calm, not distracting from the craft.
It saves you from turning the volume down.
You astound me with how calm you are. I have only used gold leaf on small simple projects and I went nuts.
That was stunning
Yes so relaxing.
Any 19th century aristocrat would be very fortunate to have you as an artisan!
1300 euros in gold and fabric. When you were cutting it, my heart stopped. But your hand didn't slip! Wow! Bravo!
I click on the thumbs up before I even watch your videos because I know it’s going to be great!
I missed this when the competition actually happened because my husband was very ill, so my vote doesn't count now, but another amazing transformation from our quiet friend. Bravo. 😊🇨🇦
What a time to be alive! I couldn't be more grateful for the internet to allow me to watch this restoration. Thank you for sharing this piece of art that your restorations are
I hope the owner puts the original fabric into a glass frame.
I 've recently been to an antique fabric and carpet exhibition. Even fragments nicely presented are pleasant to look at.
Oh. My. God! The skill and patience to do all that gilding... I am absolutely floored!! What an amazing restoration!!
You sure give this chair the Midas touch! 😂 lots of finicky work. 👍👍👍
You have skill and knowledge that is dying out in the modern world. Your restoration and upholstery is of a very high standard. What a pleasure to have watched your video I enjoyed every moment. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The upholstery and gold leaf would have turned me away from such a project. Quite the skills you have developed in this modern world of paint and memory foam. Beautiful work!!
That chair is a bona-fide piece of history. What a find!
Heck, I was holding my breath while you applied the gold leaf! That stuff is so fragile: a person my husband built a house for wanted gold leaf applied in a skylight dome. The exercise in putting the gold leaf on in that application would make your hair fall out. I can't imagine doing something like this! The old upholstery looked like it was silk. Such a fragile looking piece, but your firm handling was just right. An absolutely absorbing video: I always look forward to you videos and learn so much. Thank You!
Imagine a woman in 19 th century gown sitting in that tiny chair!
Incredible craftmanship!
Wow! This should be in a museum. The green and gold is a great combination.
Unfortunately I fear it will be at a private residence given the cost.
It never ceases to amaze me on how someone will do a sloppy job in restoring an antique piece of furniture. This is one of the main reasons i watch the channels that i do. You guys know what you're doing and do it well because you take the time to learn the proper techniques. If my grandmother was alive still she would have enjoyed this video immensely! The reason for that is because she started doing upholstery as her way of paying the bills. when i was born i spent so much time at her house just sitting there watching her work in fascination. It is an amazing thing to see!
I just wish she was able to see you work. She passed just shy of her 101st birthday. God rest her soul. She did this work for just over 80 years before she stopped.
This chair turned out absolutely stunning. I hope it goes home with someone who takes special good care of her.
@@celardoorhorse i was blessed
This is my first time watching does he ever talk?
@@kendrapetrick649 some. Not like other channels
One reason some restoration is not truly a restoration is because it is very expensive. I ask my customer, do you want it restored, or do you want it reupholstered only. The cost difference can be thousands of dollars.
Beautifully done ❤.
I was used guilt leaf in an art class. Not gold, not a large project (might have been a picture frame) and my hands were still shaking at the cost. This restoration was masterwork.
Truly a master at these restorations. I saw this kind of chair in Catherine the Great’s Summer Palace near St Petersburg. I hope you win. Personally I’d have liked to see the upholstery done in silk, but the velvet is beautiful. 👏👏
That was a gorgeous restoration, Ahti. Beautifully done and ready for the next 200 years.
He pulled out all the stops. But was the original fabric Asian silk? That would have been spectacular.
Is the specific origin of the chair known?
Too bad about the solid green… beautifully restored though!
@@brassbunnies Agree, that let the whole (otherwise amazing) restoration a bit down for me. I was expecting he would use some fabric similar to the original one, which made the chair look like it was all golden. I think that was the original maker's idea actually. The green velvet is nice, but with it the chair looks more common and cheaper.
@@dinovolla9999he mentioned that the client paid for it, so perhaps it was the client's choice as well. I for one liked it, it seems befitting to the majestic nature of the chair , especially with the gold.
Wow, that’s a nice chair…. Imagine having a whole set
Well, so far i have liked 2 videos in the "competition"...
I have no doubt i will like the other 2 as well.
So... I will not be a deciding vote... but the truth is that WE, the viewers, are the true winners. We get to enjoy all this amazing work!
Thanx, Ahti!
This restoration was truly breathtaking!
Gave my vote for you magic work and for magic work Russian masters. Thank you very much, you are magician ❤❤❤
This is by far the most beautiful restoration of a piece of furniture from a master working class man. Great job on this piece of art.
Well, I watched them all, and I'm back. This chair is just STUNNING. The level of detail and care is beyond compare. Thank you for another great restoration.
Im giving you the title of Doctor, because what you perform is delicate, restorative surgery on furniture at a level that is on par with surgeons.
I am so pleased to see you wearing a Band-Aid! I couldn’t understand how you could do all that fine work with unblemished hands. Lovely work again Ahti!
The historical accuracy of your work is again, the best I've seen on UA-cam and an example of true restoration. A video like this should be required viewing for upcoming content creators. Fantastic job, and best of luck with the competition!
With a staple gun and hot glue?
I mean, obviously he was not trying to do a historically accurate repair, just trying to get the chair stable and looking more or less historically accurate. And he was doing the work for free. So I can see using staples rather than tacks, as they are faster and hold about as well. (Maybe? They probably rust faster, and possibly cut through the fabric in time?) Now, the hot glue most casual crafters might use would probably not hold up over time, and that trim might peel off fairly easily. But there are lots of different formulations of hot glue, and some are very durable, though I don’t know if they would be considered “archival”. Certainly hot glue sticks like that would not be historically accurate. But, he did achieve the goal of restoring the chair to working order and making it beautiful.
Hey @oscaraglio3305 waive👋 I also thought of Julian @BaumgartnerRestoration when I saw the staples😉
Wonderful work Ahti! That gold leaf looks very challenging to work with. I love watching your upholstery work, that's great!
Thanks Scott!
I will never get bored of watching how the springs are being tied 😊
This will always be the Number One UA-cam Channel for furniture restorations!
However, the winner has to be the viewers, watching your magician like skills as you work your magic 👏👏👏👏
Кропотливый труд с сусальным золотом! Терпение и профессионализм в работе налицо! На такой стул из дворца садиться страшно! А ведь О.Бендер их когда-то не жалел.
А я все ждала, вдруг там есть что-нибудь из сокровищ тещи)
Painstaking work with the gold leaf. And you are a master with the traditional upholstery.
А стул то краденый из дворца в России!
@@marinacherches9070I knew someone was going to make this comment. I’d love to know who stole this chair… or maybe it was brought abroad by defectors.
@@marinacherches9070сколько всего чужого россия украла...
Wow! This is stunning! It looks like it belongs at Versailles now. Beautiful craftsmanship, gold leafing and upholstery professionally done and love the trim. Very impressive 👏👏👏
Absolutely exquisite work and the Russian chair is gorgeous .. Russian furniture is beautiful and it does not get the credit in the design world it deserves.. Thankfully someone with your extraordinary talent and restoration skills still exist to restore some of these historic and beautiful pieces. My daughter in law is Russian and from Moscow. She and her family are well educated and beautiful people with an appreciation for their Russian culture, which is outstanding in all the Arts.. Another outstanding restoration to your credit... Bravo....Your talent and skills are outstanding and obviously taught by a Master craftsman,,,
A single 'golden' chair might be ok for a hallway piece as decor but my guess is this chair would have been part of a [dining?] set for either the ridiculously wealthy or royalty. Beautiful resto!
Amazing once again. You never disappoint..❤
What a beautiful result for a delightful chair design! Your skill level suits the original design. May I ask the type of wood it was made from? It's a delicate-looking chair, but such a deceptively strong design! Your excellent skills lead to the beautiful results. I especially like how you created a polisher for the legs with a drill! Brilliant! My only disappointment: I wish you could have used a fabric similar to the original silk, which, in my humble opinion, suits the delicacy of the chair. I love how the old materials are ecologically friendly, just requiring a much more skilled artist. Thank you for sharing.
I agree. The (silk) dark green velvet seemed a bit to heavy for such an elegant design. I would have preferred a soft coloured floral silk. But otherwise a true triumph! ❤
If I found this in time you would have had my vote Ahti. You are an artist beyond compare. What a beautiful job putting all the gold leaf on!!! I held my breath while you did it. Trena is good but you, Ahti are great. Your attention to detail is amazing. Thank you for sharing your work with us.
I can see a Romanov sitting in that chair! Wonderful craftsmanship!
While I may never finish a chair like this in my lifetime it is truly rewarding to see the transformation by a skilled craftsman. Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely Beautiful!
In 2018 I had a heart attack, two young cardiac doctors stented my aorta, back in recovery they came in to tell me that I had beat the Widow Maker --- my smart ass said "No contest, I'm not married!" --- I now say to you NO CONTEST! Your attention to technic and detail wins hand down!
BEAUTIFUL work!♥ And I love the quietness ...so that the concentration is all on the work! Bravo!😊
Incredible work! I do have to mention I think the four channels all did amazing in their respective corners. I don’t mean to say they are unmatched with you in the literal sense but rather I find the other three are a very different style of video. Would have been nice/better maybe to match up more ASMR style videos like yours, as I see a lot of people complaining about them all talking too much. But teaching is literally what their channels are for. They aren’t chit chatting about the weather. lol They are talking about what they are doing and why. Just seems like the styles are quite unmatched with THIS style of video. But I enjoyed all of them, in different ways. I dunno. My two cents.
Oops one more thing- I am in AWE of the amount of patience this chair took. You really do top level work
Love watching your amazing craftsmanship at work! You are meticulous and honor your trade. You win hands down!! Stunning restoration ❤❤❤
I could not decide about who was best. I liked all for each of your own skills and vision. So, I cancelled my own vote. Still, so elegant!
Beautiful! But my heart belongs to Trena......
I always love seeing you tackle a new medium like gold leaf Ahti and you aced it, even though the process looked nerve wracking 😮! The shape of the chair seat upholstered looked perfect. Thank you for another interesting and enjoyable video. So glad these exist so those in the future can see how it’s done by a master.
In my humble opinion, you sir are an artist.I can't vote for a particular video, i like all of them that i have seen.Beautiful work!
I don't know if I have watched one of your videos before but you are an artist, all I can say is Wow.
Good grief! As I'm watching you work with that gold leaf, I'm sweating and can barely breathe! You have nerves of steel, my good man!
Wow, just wow. Beautiful job.
Beautiful chair. Fascinating process.
I'd never have the patience to lay all that gold leaf. Well done!
Stunning! So glad I was sent here by the competition.
Amazing as usual 👏🏻
Incredible job transforming this into a gem. I tried gilting once, and was frustratingly hard to do. Admire your patience to get such a great look. Had no idea how complicate the upholstery could be. Cudos for that. Competition, no. You all did great projects.
You did a great job, it look like a chair that came out from a Pharaoh tomb, very beautiful piece of art.
Aside from the brilliant work shown here, the audio was really fitting and enjoyable also! I let the video play to the very very end.
Spectacular work - as usual.
Magnificent work once again. The gold leaf application must have been so stressful. Thanks for another exhibition of your incredible talents.
I got a bit nervous when I saw you applying shellac that this was going to be a "shabby chic" pseudo-restoration. Boy am I relieved. This is magnificent!
Really lovely to watch it come back to life. The old romantic in me would like to have seen a small piece of the original fabric being left inside
Gosh heyyy, aristocracy had small bums, i can't fit on that!!! 😂 luckily I'm no aristocrat
You show more care in the details than the original artisan! 😻
Ahti, my friend, thank you for sharing your craftsmanship with us. As I watch your hands restore what was lost, I begin to have hope that other hands will restore other damages done in our world. Thank you
Brilliant. You gave that chair back it's dignity.
Amazing job..! The chair looks really special once again.
Much awaited, much appreciated excellent work as always from you.
noticed that I held my breath when you put the gold on the eagle head. Incredible elegant piece of work
Amazing chair and fantastic work! The only thing that would make this even better is if you could get the original fabric pattern remade.
I love your videos. I also watch Transcend Furniture Gallery. It's great that you are all connected internationally. In my opinion, this is what the internet was supposed to be about. You each make appealing videos for different niches. Excellent job with this one.
очень красивая работа!
That is absolutely beautiful! Just gorgeous. Well done.
1 down 3 to go, i gave a thumbs up but i give all of you a thumbs up. you scored in my opinion a 9. keep up the good work.
ух ты
Потрясающая работа
Выбор цветовой гаммы, зеленый бархат отлично работает.
Двуглавый орел, конечно же, был царским гербом.
Я считаю, что к 19 веку его использование было разрешено публике.
Ваши орлы теперь выглядят великолепно!
Exquisite work. Absolutely beautiful😊
That velvet💗the gold leaf 💗the craftsmanship💗. It's gorgeous
The other channels talk too much. Your channel is the best by far.
So beautiful! I love that green with the gold.
I love Gold Leafing. And the best thing is when your finished it’s so pretty !
Stunning!!! It looks like it belongs in a palace!
It's such a beautiful, delicate chair & you have done a superb job!!! 😊❤
So beautifully done. You are a true artist.
Thanks, here I sit enjoying your excellent video and drinking my coffee when I spit and nearly choked to death when I saw 700€! God Bless you sir, you are a dedicated artist!
You are a master! I was holding my breath on every gold leaf. Then, I became dizzy 😄
A fine restoration. Love the colour with the gold leaf.
Extraordinary work and a true pleasure to see you transforming this piece.
Wow, what a stunning result! The velvet is worth every cent.
Watching your videos give me comfort in seeing you transform items to new makeover
Both your gilded masterpiece and Trina's country antique are outstanding pieces of restoration, in strikingly different ways.
what a lovely, tiny, graceful chair. Spectacular gold leaf. beautiful job as always. Thanks for bringing us along.
The joy is mutual!
You spent some serious money restoring this chair!
Perfect!!!...
You shined again, like a usual!!!...
Congratulations!!!...
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Изумительная работа!!!! Как всегда. Смотреть как Мастер работает, одно удовольствие.
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Whoever owns this chair took it to the right person to have restored! You do a beautification beyond excellence!😊
How Majestic this is. I would be afraid to sit in this the gold will chip off and then I would be spending a mint to fix it all the time. WOW how beautiful this turned out though. I love it too. You have a wonderful day