Thread: Ambitious Boulle Marquetry Apprentice in Northern Rivers

G'day all you practical people out there. I just signed up for service, voluntarily... you see ah need some help. I'm as young as I feel and still handy with the hands...
Have acquired a family heirloom (or is that aerloom). Its a clock.. a fancy 19th century clock. Dont know anyting bout it other than my mother didnt like it, but dad did, so he hung onto it... family trait it seems, now I've got it, the headache I mean.
Have identified it as a Boulle Shelf or Mantle Clock made somewhere around 1850. Its a wooden box on cast guilded legs with a marquetry facade. Now the issue is that the marquetry is lifting. Seems the original hide glue being subject to variations in temperature and humidity has let go in a couple of places but not too badly damaged.
Now, I fancy myself as being rather a perfectionist so I have decided to avago at restoration. My first challenge aside from ongoing research is deciding on the best strategy for repairing the marquetry in keeping with restoration practice. I have determined through the "NET" that warm water seems to be the recommended practice for glue removal however the first question I am looking at resolving is "do I have to remove all the marquetry inserts and reglue them all with hide or fish glue". Any commentary will be appreciated. I guess the first will be "Start a Thread". So here we go... sorta ball bouncin time.
Roger