Repairing or reproducing marble table tops
Our combined knowledge and experience enables us to assess and source appropriate marbles to repair or reproduce table tops that have been lost or broken beyond repair.
One of a pair of original 18th Century tables, with a modern veined white Carrara marble tops. These have been cut to size and to a historically accurate thickness to accord with the proportions of the original 18th Century tables.
Repairing marble tables
We repair broken marble tabletops on a regular basis. Damages and losses that may appear catastrophic, can with patience be repaired.
We have developed an extensive range of contacts and are able to supply replacement tops in a multitude of different materials. These include some extraordinary examples of marbles closely related to what would have been available in Britain in the 17th & 18th Centuries.
Two examples of recent repair projects
Swedish, Kolmarden Green
© The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham.
One of a pair of Swedish, Kolmarden Green marble table tops, probably late 19th century, from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham. Both table tops had lost large areas of the veneered edging to the sides. We identified the marble, sourced replacement sections, cut these to size and undertook some light cleaning and re-polishing in part of limited areas of the surface of both tops. One of the two table tops following repair and restoration.
The table after repair
© The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham.
Italian, specimen marble
A mid 19th century, Italian, specimen marble table-top, damaged as a result of mechanical action (cricket balls). The thin yellow Sienna and black Namur section of marble veneer, detached as a result of the impacts. This required piecing together and a limited amount of additional material had to be sourced and cut to size and profile. The elements were then re-attached and the surface made good.
The table after repair
Sourcing replacement marblesScroll to see 14 example marbles
We source and produce copies of historic table slabs for various clients. These can be executed in the Georgian manner whereby a slab of marble was rebated down on the front edge only. One consideration; the table must be structurally sound to support the substantial weight of a new slab. Slide through the slider to see a very small selection of the marbles we can source.
Porphyry
Italian Onyx
Verde Antico
Breccia Di Seravezza
Antique Bianco e Nero, Cassete, France
Orbicular Granite, Corscia
Breccia Seravezza
Breccia Viole Block
Antique Africano
Arabescato Corchia
Breccia
Portoro
Portoro sliced and polished
