About Us
Dominic Schuster is an accredited member of BAFRA (British Antique Furniture Restorer’s Association) and Lucinda Compton served on the committee for 5 years. We are also included in the Conservation Register. Our in-house staff are all highly trained and experienced, with backgrounds in restoration, auction houses and furniture design. Other memberships include The Institute of Conservation and The International Council of Museums Lacquer Group.
Our workshops in London, Yorkshire and Surrey are all fully equipped for antique restoration and new commissions. Using traditional materials and methods, as well as scientific analysis, x-rays and UV examination, we are able to cater for all our clients’ requirements.
Each project is sympathetically assessed on an individual basis, respecting the client’s wish that their piece of furniture should not look ‘restored’ but rather has been well-cared for, without altering patina and age.
With the knowledge gained from such diverse specialisations, we have also developed our own unique finishes which are particularly suitable for contemporary furniture and interior design.
Our clients are some of the most well-known and respected antique dealers, leading interior designers, museums, historic houses and private clients.
Accreditation and memberships/listings
BAFRA, The British Antique Furniture Restorer’s Association
Protecting the interests of furniture owners, BAFRA if the foremost organisation of accredited craftsmen specialising in conservation and restoration.
ICOM, The International Council of Museums Lacquer Group
ICON, The Institute of Conservation
Associated Links
Harewood House
See Lacquered and Japanned surfaces section for the Dressing Commode recently restored for Harewood House in the East Bedroom
Newby Hall
Compton and Schuster’s Yorkshire workshop is based here. The Hall is open to visitors form April until September and has some of the finest examples of English 18th Century furniture in the world, owing to its unique art collection. VIP tours include the workshop and can be arranged with Lucinda.
Sampson & Horne Antiques (formerly Alistair Sampson antiques) –
Specialists in 17th & 18th Century country furniture, English delftware and pottery, naïve paintings, metalwork, needleworks, decorative and unusual items.
Thermo Lignum UK Ltd
The most ecological and effective way of removing woodworm infestation without the use of chemicals, where items are put into a chamber and the temperature is raised to 51 – 52˚C. Whilst controlling humidity which prevents any damage to even painted furniture, dormant eggs are also guaranteed eradication.
W. Habberley Meadows Ltd
Gold leaf suppliers, one of only two goldbeaters left in the UK.
