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Restoration

Restoration (Latin - restarriro - restore - the process of restoration and bringing back original appearance to antic objects, works of art, decorative art and architecture. Professional restoration has emerged at the time of accumulation of private collections of art, when it became necessary to extend the term of existence (functioning) of artworks.

The first mentioning of the restorers is dated to the Middle Ages, major schools of professional restoration began to take shape in the XVII-XVIII centuries.

 

Restoration of decorative and applied arts objects.

Arts and Crafts. 

  • Ceramics (porcelain, faience, unpolished porcelain, clay)
  • Cloth (ethnography, costumes, shoes, articles of worship)
  • Timber (furniture, ethnography, polychrome sculpture)
  • Metal (lighting, furniture, sculpture)
  • Bone (fans, boxes, sculpture)
  • Beads
  • Leather
  • Stone (marble sculpture, carved stone, gypsum)
  • Tapestries 

Restoration process

  1. Dismantling
  2. All kinds of contaminants removal
  3. Foundation strengthening
  4. Analogies copies making
  5. Make-up for losses
  6. Polishing of cracks
  7. Duplication
  8. Painting
  9. Strengthening of torn parts and cuts
  10. Veneering
  11. Removal of corrosion products
  12. Varnishing
  13. Tinting
  14. Gilding
  15. Murals replenishment
  16. Conservation