Happy New Year! View our 2025 highlights.
2025 was a fantastic year for Brown’s Antiques. We’ll be bringing you more top quality snooker table restorations in 2026. Image shows an antique John Bennett snooker / billiards table, traditionally restored. To see some of our work from 2025, please view the short reel below. 2025 highlights. Brown’s Antiques The reel features bespoke antique […]
Antique snooker / pool table for Amiri, at Selfridges London
We restored this antique snooker / pool table, to the customer’s specification, and re-covered it with the customer’s bespoke cloth. The table was traditionally restored, and French polished by hand at our workshop in Cardington, Bedford.
Ercol Quaker Dining Chairs Restoration.
Before and after images, taken during restoration. We have a set of four of these lovely vintage Ercol dining chairs. Unfortunately, they had been badly varnished in the past. We have removed the old varnish and restored them to their former beauty, using a clear lacquer as near to the original factory finish as possible. […]
‘Portrait of a Craftsman’ by Photographer of the Year
We were delighted to welcome the international award-winning photographer Chris Frazer Smith to our workshop recently. Chris has won numerous awards for his photography, including the prestigious Lucie International Photographer of The Year Award, and specialises in portraits and people. In Chris’s own words: ”A close friend of mine went to see how a snooker […]
Antique snooker tables traditionally restored with care & expertise.
Another satisfied customer! We were delighted to receive this feedback n our latest antique snooker table restoration and installation. ”What an honour it has been to do business with you guys. I am absolutely delighted with the table, and the care you have both shown in its restoration and delivery is exceptional.” Click here to […]
Restoration videos: 8ft Oak Billiards Table by Geo. Edwards
W’ve taken some videos during the restoration of this lovely 8ft antique oak billiards table. Please see the videos below, or visit our YouTube channel to see even more! Full details of this table are here: https://www.brownsantiques.co.uk/products/8ft-oak-billiards-table-geo-edwards/
Restoration Photos. 9ft Spencer Snooker / billiards table.
Images of a table that we are currently restoring. This is a 9ft antique snooker / billiards table by Spencer, with unusual detail. Please see images below.
9ft Riley antique snooker table restoration
Images showing a Riley 9ft antique snooker table restoration. We have restored and French polished this table. It will be installed this week and re-covered in a red cloth. (Any black marks are on camera lens, not woodwork!) Pocket nets and leathers with an ‘antiqued finish’. Restored 9ft Riley snooker table.
Antique Rollover snooker dining table
Images showing the restoration of an antique rollover snooker dining table. This table is by Gamage’s of London. The woodwork has been carefully stripped, and is being traditionally French polished this week. Rollover tables are a great space saving idea. The playing surface ‘rolls over’ to become a dining table. Two tables for the price […]