Restoration of woodwork&fixtures for former Vanderbilt residence





Restoration Refinishing Repair Reupholstery Caning Windows Conservation Repair Conservation French Polishing Decorative Finishes Antiques Fabrication Architectural Moldings & Railings Turnings & Balusters Cabinets Paneling Doors - Wood Windows Furniture Chairs Tables Display Cabinets Metalwork Preservation Interiors Paneling Elevators Flooring Stairs Molding Doors Exteriors Hewn Framing Roofing Siding & Ornaments Doors & Windows Metalwork Doors & Gates Cabinets Hardware Decorative Objects Finishes Clear Finishes Colored Lacquer Decorative Finishes Gilt Finishes Galleries by Project Furniture 1 East End Avenue 1st Church of Christ Scientist 1st Unitarian Church AIG Colgate Palmolive Italian Baroque Bed Gothic cabinet Italian Marquetry Chest Millholland Olson New York Yacht Club Persian Doors Presbyterian Church Princeton University Bank Trust Circassian Walnut Polychrome Leather Raymond & Whittier Vanderbilt Bar Historic Building Grand Central Station Gough Assoc. PS 1 Jersey City State College University Club Lehman Bros. Building Milbank Chapel Jules Bistro Restoration Prospect House Baruch College Flemington Presbyterian Cooper Hewitt Museum N.J. State Capitol Fosterfield's Carriage 106 Pierrepont Street Bolivar Cafe/Cibi Cibi 1158 Fifth Ave. 182 Washington Valley Prince George Hotel Alfredo's Restaurant Bank Boardroom Fort Hamilton Ambassador's Residence Light Horse Inn Galleries by Subject Conservation Decorative Objects Furniture Fabrication Doors Furniture Metalwork Millwork Windows Preservation Exteriors Finishes Interiors Metalwork Restoration Millwork Fine Furniture Flooring Furniture New - Modern Furniture Repair Reupholstery Refinishing Charles and Ray Eames Eero Saarinen

site by Stefan Hepner

Japanese Ambassador's Residence, Formerly Vanderbilt Residence, ca.1895-

Location: 11-13E. 62nd St., NYC
Completion Date: March, 2003

Scope of Work:
Fabricate and install doors and architectural millwork including paneling, wainscot, moldings, kitchen cabinetry, and replicate exotic hardware. Restoring existing architectural millwork including Dutchman inlays, refinishing, French polishing, and faux finishing. Restore all existing hardware to be relocated and reused, including custom solid nickel plumbing fixtures, locksets, ornate bronze, steel, and iron hinges. Most new millwork joined to existing millwork, reconfigured existing. Dozens of different millwork profiles surveyed and custom replicated.

Building is a French Louis XV style 50' wide townhouse with seven floors, designed by McKim, Mead, & White, ca. 1895. National Register of Historic Places.

Architect: Platt, Bayard, Dovell
Construction Mgr: R.C.Dolner, Chris Mesba


	Before condition looked like brown, rusted steel.	Solid nickel Tub Filler, ca. 1895 - all machined surfaces reground, washers & bushings replaced, ready for next century of service.

	Double-swinging bronze door hinges welded to repair cracked leaves.	Ornate bronze and steel pin hinges 10" high supporting massive bifold doors replicated, using horizontal milling machines, & lost wax casting.

	Variety of solid nickel hardware after polishing.

	Original nickel plumbing hardware before restoration.	After polishing.

		Extensive damage evident



		Refurbished elevator cab.