Is your table in need of attention?

Are your chairs loose and creaking?

Is there woodworm in a cherished piece of furniture?

Are veneers lifting and splitting?

We are the experts who will rescue your cherished furniture

Since 1976 Gibson & Radford are knowledgeable craftsmen with unrivalled experience in the skilled art of quality furniture restoration and the building of bespoke furniture.

We work at the highest standard at competitive prices.

For the last 44 years, we have worked for private individuals, for some of the UK’s most prestigious interior designers, reinstated listed properties, refurbished rare antiquities and have been commissioned to make bespoke pieces. We employ a philosophy of sympathetic intervention in order to preserve the original patina and feel of the piece.

Over the years we have forged excellent relationships with all the major insurance and shipping companies including Criterion loss adjusters, a specialist claims service for high net worth clients. We have an unsurpassed attention to detail as well as an in-depth understanding of insurance procedures to effectively establish your exact requirements and address your needs efficiently. Whether your needs are related to fire, flood, damaged in transit or accidental damage, the team will supply you with written reports and estimates to submit to your insurers. Even though your whole world might have collapsed, we will take care of your cherished heirlooms and nurse them back to their former glory.

From the surgery workshop in Somerset/Dorset, we bring neglected pieces of furniture back to life, restore heirlooms and repair all types of furniture, keeping them in the family for future generations to enjoy.

Projects undertaken worldwide.

Our Work
 

Restoration

We’re experts in sympathetic restorations and believe in keeping as much history of the patina to enhance the piece’s original features. We sensitively utilise traditional methods with authentic materials, keeping the colours as true as possible whilst preserving the surface patina. With modern furniture, we use a different technique. Every piece has an individual treatment. Our prices are very competitive so won’t be disappointed.

Cabinet Making

Gibson & Radford have extensive experience in creating bespoke pieces of furniture. All our pieces are designed to fit your room with a custom finish to your requirements. From traditional to contemporary, our expertise covers a whole range of skills and styles.

French Polishing & Traditional Finishes

True French polishing arrived from shellack applied with a “fad” of wadding made into what is called a rubber. Many layers are built up over time to help to protect and enhance the grain of the wood and then waxed to a soft, mellow sheen. Jake Radford learned this art from the old cabinet factory at the Harrods warehouse in Barnes from the old school master craftsmen.

Heritage & Architectural Woodwork

Over the years, we’ve been privileged to work in some of England’s most cherished houses. We have restored homes from flood, smoke or fire damage or created grand staircases in new builds where a traditional or modern finishes are required. Restoration of paneling for studys, hallways and libraries undertaken.

Insurance Work

We are known to insurance companies as the “Surgery Workshop” for our painstaking restoration of flood and fire damaged pieces. We bring your beloved piece back out to it’s former glory. We also specialise in erecting dust barriers within a property whilst work is being undertaken to enable the house to be habitable where possible, minimalising all dust.

Desktop Leatherwork

A highly specialist skill that utilises hand coloured hides or skivers with embossed tooling on a vast range which can be finished in blind (black), gold or silver to your specification.

Top Credentials

Jake Radford has years of experience - starting at the old Harrods warehouse, learning from old school master craftsmen. Being based in London for over 30 years, Gibson & Radford worked for high end clientele such as The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace & Kensington Palace, The Guinness Family, Lady McMillan, Lord & Lady Hurst, Malcolm Forbes, Lady Middleton and many of the UK’s leading interior designers.