This is a vintage lacquer shelf that I bought from an antiques dealer. Basically a box of parts.
And this is the reason I bought it. Under all those pieces were these doors with original hardware. This will be a fun restoration for me. I cleaned all the spiders off and found a note about the missing parts. Those missing parts I can remake myself. The the rest of this is so pretty. This will be one of the first projects I work on in my new studio.
The above cloak hooks broke as they were very low quality metal. The antique cross hooks were salvaged and are solid brass. I removed the new hooks and put the antique ones on the cloak.
Here are the antique hooks backed with leather. The leather prevents staining and chafing of the brocade fabric of the cloak. I hand stitched the leather and hooks with book binder thread. This should last a long time.
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