Around the clock: Pam Neville finds an antiques restorer who las poured his heart and soil into a grand old timepiece

摘要

If a more ambitious restoration project has been carried out on a piece of antique furniture in New Zealand, Jonathan Maze doesn't know about it - and he probably would know about it. In twelve years as a restorer he has worked on some of the finestantiques in the country for art galleries, museums, auction houses and private collectors. He has just spent three months rejuvenating a 300-year-old long-case clock that not only required extensive repairs but also the recreation of large sections of marquetry decoration. The intricate, inlaid wood patterns were in the arabesque style, which Jonathan describes as "insanely detailed".