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Antique Questions Forum / termites in antique wood chair..what to do?

« on: October 24, 2007, 10:31:16 am »

my husband recently bought me a gorgeous, unique wood chair from the early 20th century, handmade by the ethiopian gurage tribe.  a couple of weeks ago, we noticed an ultra small pile of dust that keeps forming on the seat. upon inspection, we see it's coming out of a pin sized hole.  we turned the chair over and found a few more of these holes, sizes varying, with the 'wood dust' spilling out of each hole.  there's obviously some sort of termite (or?) living INSIDE the chair and eating away at the wood.
does anyone have ANY advice on what i can do to fix this problem without harming the chair in any way? 
thanks for your time.