Mahogany Pedestal Desk [**SOLD**]
This is a lovely compact-sized mahogany pedestal desk, likely dating from the 1930’s or 40’s. It is heavy for its size and well-constructed, with dovetailed drawers throughout and applied moldings at the top and bottoms of both the front and sides of the desk. What clinched the sale for me when I saw this at Community Forklift were the drawer pulls: solid brass, elegant and stately.
In terms of repair, this piece had only a few defects: the veneer needed regluing in a few spots and one of the feet was missing a corner that I repaired with epoxy putty and color matched. The beautiful mahogany top needed refinishing though, and I hand scraped the old finish off. After hand sanding the top with 220 grit, I applied General Finishes Mahogany gel stain, followed by three coats of Arm-R-Seal top coat in semi-gloss applied by hand. I scuff-sanded the rest of the case and did touch up color work using a red mahogany alcohol-based dye stain by Transtint. Using an alcohol-based stain allowed me to control the intensity of the color to blend in more easily with the existing finish. More coats of Arm-R-Seal on the case completed the project. Looking at the final pictures, the desk really shines!
I had originally thought to keep this for myself but wound up promising it to my future daughter in law during a visit with her and my son in North Carolina many months ago. Isabel, its finally done!
Dimensions: 48” L x 18” W x 29” H
This is a lovely compact-sized mahogany pedestal desk, likely dating from the 1930’s or 40’s. It is heavy for its size and well-constructed, with dovetailed drawers throughout and applied moldings at the top and bottoms of both the front and sides of the desk. What clinched the sale for me when I saw this at Community Forklift were the drawer pulls: solid brass, elegant and stately.
In terms of repair, this piece had only a few defects: the veneer needed regluing in a few spots and one of the feet was missing a corner that I repaired with epoxy putty and color matched. The beautiful mahogany top needed refinishing though, and I hand scraped the old finish off. After hand sanding the top with 220 grit, I applied General Finishes Mahogany gel stain, followed by three coats of Arm-R-Seal top coat in semi-gloss applied by hand. I scuff-sanded the rest of the case and did touch up color work using a red mahogany alcohol-based dye stain by Transtint. Using an alcohol-based stain allowed me to control the intensity of the color to blend in more easily with the existing finish. More coats of Arm-R-Seal on the case completed the project. Looking at the final pictures, the desk really shines!
I had originally thought to keep this for myself but wound up promising it to my future daughter in law during a visit with her and my son in North Carolina many months ago. Isabel, its finally done!
Dimensions: 48” L x 18” W x 29” H
This is a lovely compact-sized mahogany pedestal desk, likely dating from the 1930’s or 40’s. It is heavy for its size and well-constructed, with dovetailed drawers throughout and applied moldings at the top and bottoms of both the front and sides of the desk. What clinched the sale for me when I saw this at Community Forklift were the drawer pulls: solid brass, elegant and stately.
In terms of repair, this piece had only a few defects: the veneer needed regluing in a few spots and one of the feet was missing a corner that I repaired with epoxy putty and color matched. The beautiful mahogany top needed refinishing though, and I hand scraped the old finish off. After hand sanding the top with 220 grit, I applied General Finishes Mahogany gel stain, followed by three coats of Arm-R-Seal top coat in semi-gloss applied by hand. I scuff-sanded the rest of the case and did touch up color work using a red mahogany alcohol-based dye stain by Transtint. Using an alcohol-based stain allowed me to control the intensity of the color to blend in more easily with the existing finish. More coats of Arm-R-Seal on the case completed the project. Looking at the final pictures, the desk really shines!
I had originally thought to keep this for myself but wound up promising it to my future daughter in law during a visit with her and my son in North Carolina many months ago. Isabel, its finally done!
Dimensions: 48” L x 18” W x 29” H