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Treatment: Portrait of Marie-Antoinette
Before and after treatment, above. Our client’s framed oil painting of Marie-Antoinette fell off the wall and was scraped in two dozen areas. Luckily there were no punctures, but a half-dozen dents or serious scraps created a need for wax/resin … Continue reading
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Tagged #ÉlisabethVigéeLeBrun, #gamblinartistcolors, #gamblinoilpaint, #MarieAntoinette, #pacificnorthwest, #paintconservation, #PigmentedWaxResin, #portlandoregon, #studentcopy, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Marie-Antoinette, Pigmented Wax/Resin
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Fu Dogs Treatment
Our client brought his small carved wooden guardian dogs to us for treatment. Pairs of Chinese guardian lion statues are decorative, symbolic elements at the entrances to structures in many Asian countries. Each is different, and should come in. pairs, … Continue reading
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Tagged #artconservation, #chineselionstatues, #chinesestatues, #foodogs, #fudogs, #paintconservation, #statuerepair, carved, Chinese Lion Statues, Chinese statues, conservation, Fo Dogs, Foo Dogs, Fu dogs, Gamblin, gilded objects, painted finishes, painted objects, preservation, statue conservation, statue repair
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Chinese Statue Conservation Treatment
Two polychrome statues, one whose hand was previously repaired incorrectly. Both were quite dirty. Our job was to remove the poor repair, repair it correctly, and clean and stabilize the finish on both statues. The treatment was a mixture of … Continue reading
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Tagged #artconservation, #paintconservation, #statuerepair, carved, Chinese statues, conservation, Gamblin, gilded objects, gilding, painted finishes, painted objects, preservation, statue conservation, statue repair
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