Dardonville Furniture Restoration Brings A Little Bit Of Paris To Shoreline
One might never guess that a right here in Shoreline we have a Christian Dardonville, a man that has restored furniture at Versailles, the musée Nissim de Camondo, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Dardonville Furniture Restoration, owned by the Parisian couple Christian Dardonville and Catherine Lheureux, who now call Shoreline home, has kept their humble roots but created a uniquely special business. Just by walking into the woodshop one would never suppose the highest of French woodworking and artistic quality is assembled, refinished and restored right here in Shoreline. Trained since his early 20s in Paris, Dardonville got into woodworking to pay for his college education. “His dad wanted him to study law but he didn’t want that for his future, ” Lheureux said. “I decided to get training for woodworking,” Dardonville says, finishing his wife’s thought. His training lead him to Paris and away from his original plan to study …
Dale Rector
12:25 pm on Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Just adding a note to the choir. Monsieur Dardonville refinished a large oak dining room table for us several years ago. It still looks as fine as it did the day he completed the job. He was a thorough professional and a great fellow to be around: a true European craftsman! more ›