Tedda 2006, that's a nice-looking piece you have there, and like somebody pointed out, it looks a lot like the stuff that first started showing up in mass quantities in this country back the 197Os, when it seems like every illegal loft in New York suddenly broke out in stripped antique pine furniture, macrame & ferns. Lots of historic paint--the kind that people go to great pains to simulate these days and that goes for megabucks if it's genuine & intact--ended up as toxic sludge at the bottom of a vat of lye in order to keep up with the decade's demand for "natural" finishes. Anyway, this is a handsome, well-proportined piece, and even in its current finish it's attractive enough to get by with nothing but that mineral spirits cleaning & a good coat of wax: not French Polish (which labor-intensive process would never have been wasted on cheap pine) and certainly not a coat of poly-anything. Just good old-fashioned paste wax. It's too bad Stocky bailed on us. Sure, digital slap-fests generate a lot of heat and very little light, but I still think it's better to have a back-&-forth "dialogue" between Poster A who's all wet, and Poster B who knows what's what than it is to for those with knowledge to abandon the field to the most ignorant, since, like the poor, those folks will always be with us. I just ignore them. And it's not even just with US. Those folks are everywhere, even in places where you would like to think that people know what they're talking about. I just followed that link above over to the Antiques Roasdshow site about the Roux-attributed cabinet and noticed this little gem of spurious scholarship: "The sideboard in Reno, like the other four Roux sideboards, was done in what was known as the Rococo Revival style, based on the Rococo Style popular in 17th-century England." Wrong century. Wrong country. What a Bozo. And he gets paid for this? Anyway, with "authorities" like that flapping their lips on TV in front of millions of people, it's no wonder that most people are full of misinformation. We're just fortunate that here on this board, we have a few regulars who have a broad base of knowledge that they're willing to share with the rest of us. It doesn't matter how many clueless know-it-alls there are spouting their nonsense: like Thoreau says "Any man more right than his neighbor is a majority of one already." Regards, MAGNAVERDE.

That's pretty! Search for veneers--a lot of woodworking online stores have assorted woods. I don't think it will be an easy job though. You'd probably have to take out the entire square so you can cut the veneer to match the grain from triangle to triangle. If it is a good table, it might be worth hiring a furniture restorer.

Hello! I am seeking advice on techniques to restore two antique pieces which have wood and brass inlay, much of which is lose and lifting. I was going to start by removing the old finish by using Minwax Furniture Refinisher; I don't want to remove any paint just the old finish. My concern, however, is that the stripping will end up damaging, even more, the inlay which is already lifting or loose. Would this be right right starting point? I have much of the brass inlay and was going to create new wood inlay pieces where necessary. Any advice is much appreciated.

Read this article on reamalgamation of finishes. It doesn't work on "modern" finishes (polyurathane etc)but does on shellacs. I used this on a old cabinet my grandfather had that really was a mess, only used straight denatured alcohol and a rag, but the shellac was on thick, it turned out really nice. In your case I would use a brush. Do use really a light touch or you can end up taking all the finish off, your finish looks really thin. If there is enough shellac you will basically be liquefying it and spreading it out on the surface. You will find out quickly if it works and is a shellac finish. https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/home-diy/projects/how-to-restore-wooden-furniture-finish1.htm Do not store used rags and brushes in home, they are very flammable. Douse/rinse with water and throw away in a outside garbage can.