Here are some examples and photos of conservation-restoration operations…
- Removal of oxidized and yellowed varnish (Château de Saconay)
- Before/after restoration (Château de Saconay)
- Gluing of a facing paper on the painted surface to protect it during heavy operations on the back of the support (Private collection)
- Mechanical removal of old paper improperly glued to the back of the painted canvas
- Dust and other dirt and debris revealed on the back of the canvas after removal from the stretcher frame
- Lightening of oxidized varnish (Private collection)
- Before/after restoration (Château de Saconay)
- Before/after repairing a tear in the painted canvas (Private collection)
- Before removal of abusive overpaint / UV overpaint / after removal of overpaint, old view of masked alteration / after chromatic reintegration (Private collection)
- Before/after removal of dirt and varnish, and chromatic reintegration of a worn colored layer (Château de Saconay)
- Chemical and mechanical removal of an old, abusive piece of reinforcement glued to the back of the painted canvas
- Example of tear repair on canvas side: non-woven inlay + polyester fiber bridging
- Example of fabric-side tear repair: thread-by-thread bridging with polyester fibers
- Removing refixing paper (Presbytère de Cluses)
