Woodworm terrifies many customers and it is the last thing we want here in the shop, but it is unfortunately a fact of life when dealing with old furniture. If you do come across those tell tale holes in a piece of furniture don't panic, it can be effectively treated and irradicated. Interstingly woodworm or rather the lavae of the Common Furniture Beetle (
Anobium punctatum) will not attack all timber equally. They prefer starchy sapwood to the denser heartwood and will avoid hearder timbers like oak and mahogany in favour of the softer pine and elm.
A case in point is this superb late 18th.c. oak dairy dresser. With three drawers above a two door cupboard base with dummy drawers down the middle. Nice small panels, typical of the Bala area c.1770. The base is fine quality with original solid oak sides, floor and back boards with no sign of worm. The unusual top is a single plank of sycamore and carries the scars of a pretty serious worm attack. A fine piece of North Wales furniture, good colour, loads of rustic character and yes, the worm is long dead!
£3495
