Posts tagged Restoration
Restoration of a Georgian Frame

My client, an Edinburgh picture dealer, had a Georgian frame, circa 1805, in need of restoration. While the surface was original, it was very badly chipped in many places through to the gesso and wood. The client wanted as much of the old surface kept as possible and for the frame to have a distressed finish. A particularly attractive feature of the frame was the presence of scalloped shells in the corners - except that three of them were missing! Also, the sides of the frame presented some problems; due to the way the frame had been constructed with two layers of wood sandwiched together; the structure had weakened over time and faultline cracks were appearing through to the gesso all round the sides.

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Cleaning Hugo

When the sizable Hougomont first arrived at West Muiracambus, the first task was to remove the frame and brown paper backing, to see what contition the canvas was in underneath.

This is truly when the fun began. As soon as the back was removed it became apparent that back of The Hugomont’s canvas was covered in mould…

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Journaling a Console Pt III: Verre Egolmise

I’m not going to go into the nitty gritty. Needless to say Events transpire. Some we would rather not transpire. Especially unfortunate ones which transpire when we’re trying to get to the end of a very long project…

Resulting in me taking a crash course in the a-fore mentioned verre eglomise, a fancy French way of saying- reverse gilding onto glass.

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