Raphael's Furniture Restoration
652 Glenbrook Rd
Unit 9-101,
Stamford
CT ,
06906
8:00AM-3:00PM
In 1959 Ralph "Ralphael" DeVito opened up "Raphael's Furniture", the same year his son Mark was born. Ralph always had shown Mark the ways with tools and working with projects. After school Ralph would send Mark to work with the hand-full of Danersk craftsmen who at that time worked out of there basements for experience in repairing, wood turning, inlay, veneer, finishing, upholstery, cabinetry and reproduction.
Mark joined the firm in 1975, which had by then expanded to Raphael's Furniture Restoration. In 1980, Mark worked one week end with bill Keck, a Master gilder and restorer for the Philadelphia Museum Combining his skills with gilding Mark started to take on restoration of gold leaf frames and art work. Since Ralph's retirement in 1984, Mark has continued the tradition of these craftsmen, as the owner of Raphael's Furniture Restoration that has now been caring for antique furniture for 57 years.