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Joe, I also restore furniture and antiques in general. I would say that there is not enough of this piece left. I don't do upholstery -- just never been my thing. As for the wood, the whole skeleton would need to be rebuilt because it is partially burned. The walnut frame is also partly burned as well. The sagging and breaks is indicative of dry-rot. I would just salvage the appliques and whatever good walnut is left to use elsewhere.

I'm with Althea and others on this. I do not believe that this creative endeavor was performed by a patient but an explorer as a joke.

It's always good to lend a hand but don't lose your head over it.

If no one was there to hear it, did it make a sound?

It looks like a cat door, but that seems very unlikely.

Imagining all of the chandeliers, walls, floors being new with nice furniture, I think this would be a very pleasant place to have a meal -- until it got overcrowded.

In the first shot inside the clock tower, on the right edge of the photo there are what looks like empty light sockets connected with wiring. You can see part of what I think are sockets in this shot too. There are mounted on the square structures just inside the clock faces. Two on each vertical and one on the horizontals. If there are four faces on the tower, that would make a total of 24 light bulbs to illuminate the whole thing.

Y did they make the building like that?

The milk glass that the clock face is made of looks about 1/2" thick. We can also see the light sockets that they used to light it up at night. It must have been a really nice clock when it was new.

And Marathon Man.

Of course the comments on this one could not go without a reference to Little Shop of Horrors.

It's hard to imagine the whole sink put back together from these pieces. Looks like some are missing. Quite a difficult puzzle. If one is really into difficult puzzles.

Not only did they board up every window and door, but went through the trouble to paint the boards to match the bricks. Makes for a tidy appearance that one does not see often for an abandoned building.

I also would have gotten every one of those drawers open. Nothing in there, nothing in there, nothing in there, nothing in there...

[an hour later]...

...and finally -- nothing in there. At least I would know.

So there is glass in the holes. In the first shot of the door like this it appeared that there was none. I thought that putting one's eye up to a hole with a violent patient inside would be a bad idea. That patient could be waiting for such a moment with a serious finger jab.

Ouch!