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Erasing Years of Soot and Grime The art: The Rescue of the Colors (Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia), by William Trego (1858-1909) The restoration: : Trego's painting was housed in a museum with a coal-burning furnace. Over the years, it absorbed the coal dust and soot, which... [ Read More ] |
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Reclaiming a Massive Mural, Inch by Inch The art: Chester County Courthouse Mural The restoration: With an extensive renovation of the courthouse planned, we were commissioned to restore a five-foot by 16-foot mural so that it could be hung in the new generation of the building. It was... [ Read More ] |
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Frame Repair: A Study in Patience The art: A gilded frame (Part 2) The restoration: Frame repair is usually complicated, and that certainly held true here. The frame came to us badly damaged. There were missing segments of the sculpted ornamentation and a number of others that... [ Read More ] |
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Lifting the Smog from the Fountain Inn The art: The Fountain Inn, by Louis Larsen The restoration: This was about as challenging as art conservation gets. The Fountain Inn arrived covered in a thick layer of soot, grime, and cigarette smoke residue. As if that wasn't enough, it... [ Read More ] |
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Picking Up the Pieces The art: A gilded frame The restoration: The frame had fallen off a wall and much of the ornate detailing cracked off in the crash to the floor. We sorted through the broken pieces and carefully began reconstructing the frame. Once... [ Read More ] |
