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The door post came from a 1970 Coronet a buddy was cutting up. After he sold me the post--he found out he needed it for his 1970 Charger. Luckily I already had it welded in.
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.
~ Hanna Rion, American artist (1874-1924).
Silver-Spotted Skipper.
In-house restoration of an 1860 - 1870, Cramer Grand Piano with a Beautifully, Inlaid Burr Walnut Case. Cabinet Features Inlay of Rosettes, Anthemions and Banding in a Variety of Woods. The Black Rim on the Piano Lid Refers to the Recent Death of Prince Albert. This was Reflected in the Victorian Design.
Restoration of a 1969 COPO Camaro. Car was originally Dusk Blue and painted these colors for the drag strips.
A construction worker temporarily reattaches plastic sheeting to the scaffolding used to as a platform to restore the brickwork and windows at a business on North State Street in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Feb. 25, 2019.
Tintype from a friend that is in mid version restoration. The original had hand tinted cheeks & gold buttons & watch fob.
In this version I tried to keep him fairly close to original color. Although I did whiten shirt some. I completely replaced the backround. There was a fair amount of cloning to fill in missing places. And, as always, I lot of healing brush work. I love this tool.
History
Restoration House was originally two medieval buildings (1454 and 1502–22) with a space between.
They were joined together in 1640-1660 (tree ring data from roof) by inserting a third building between the two, to create a larger house.
The first owner of the completed house was Henry Clerke, a lawyer and Rochester MP. Clerke caused further works in 1670, the refacing of the entrance facade, the Great Staircase and other internal works.
The house was then bought by William Bockenham. It was owned by Stephen T. Aveling in the late 19th century, and he wrote a history of the house which was published in Vol. 15 of "Archaeologia Cantiana".
The house was purchased for £270,000[7] by the English entertainer Rod Hull, in 1986, to save it from being turned into a car park; and he then spent another £500,000 restoring it.
It was taken by the Receiver in 1994 to cover an unpaid tax bill.
The current owners over the past decade have uncovered decoration schemes from the mid 17th century, which reveal the fashionable taste of the period, much influenced by the fashions on the continent.
Charles Dickens
According to the biographer John Forster, the novelist Charles Dickens, who lived nearby, used Restoration House as a model for Miss Havisham's Satis House in Great Expectations; the name "Satis House" belongs to the house where Rochester MP, Sir Richard Watts, entertained Queen Elizabeth I - it is now the administrative office of King's School, Rochester.