I’m Chris Keogh and I’ve been working with fine antique furniture for over two decades. I caught the bug for old furniture years ago. During my career I have been privileged to have worked with some of the best restorers in the industry.
I started studying at Buckinghamshire University, in the historic furniture making town of High Wycombe. After three years, I attained a BA(hons) degree in Furniture Restoration & Craftsmanship.
Having graduated, I went straight into employment and secured a job in a long established, venerable workshop with an international client base.
I still remember the first day I stepped foot inside the workshop. It was like straight out of R.W Symonds English Furniture.
The first piece I saw was a beautifully carved Gainsborough Armchair. Elsewhere there was a set a dining chairs copied from an original by Giles Grendey, and a slew of other pieces adorned with every exotic timber you could think of.
I soon realised this was the workshop I needed to be in.