RESTORATION

ART CONSERVATION COMMISSIONS – ALL UNIQUE PIECES

LEATHER DECORATION

Fine leather decoration of a restored antique bureau. Private collection, Florence, Italy.

BOOK RESTORATION

“CIRVGIA VNIVERSALE”, Giovanni Andrea della Croce (1509-1575), published and printed by Giordano Ziletti (1536-1583) and Francesco Ziletti (1568-1587), Venice, 1583. Private collection, Florence. Time for treatment: 100 hours.

“LAZARI RIVERII”, Johann Daniel Horst (1616-1685) and Giacomo Grandi, published and printed by Bonifacio Viezzeri, Venice, 1723. Private collection, Florence. Time for treatment: 40 hours.

“LE METAMORFOSI”, Publio Ovidio Nasone, published and printed by Francesco de’ Franceschi Senese, Venice, 1572. Private collection, Florence. Time for treatment: 45 hours.

“Nouveau Dictionnaire Français-Japonais”, published by Hakusuisha, Tokyo, 1934. Private collection, Okayama, Japan. Time for treatment: 60 hours.

Japanese editions “Curious George takes a job”, 5th ed., 1959; “Curious George rides a bike”, 2nd ed., 1960; H. A. Rey, published by Iwanami-shoten, Tokyo. Private collection, Yokohama, Japan. Time for treatment: 50 hours.

LEATHER RESTORATION

18^th century leather office desk box. Private collection, Mantua, Italy. Conservation treatment: leather, paper, fabric and wood. Time for treatment: 120 hours.

1950s Alfa Romeo leather documents holder heavily damaged by acid corrosion. Private collection, Mantua, Italy. Time for treatment: 70 hours.

PAPER RESTORATION

Box “G. BURGARELLA – BAMBOLE ED ARTE APPLICATA – ROMA; BAMBOLA BIONDO”, 1928. Private collection, Mantua, Italy. Time for treatment: 30 hours.

Table game “horse race”. Private collection, Mantua, Italy. Time for treatment: 45 hours.

Prints. Private collection, Florence, Italy. Time for treatment: 60 hours, including conservation mount and framing.

CONSERVATION MOUNT AND FRAMING

Bespoke decoration of alkaline passe-partout, conservation mount, frame/glass cleaning, conservation framing, ordered from Florence, Italy.

Bespoke decoration of alkaline passe-partout, conservation mount, gold foil lettering, conservation framing, ordered from Venice, Italy. Made-to-measure frame hand-crafted in Florence.

Paper conservation, alkaline passepartout and mat, conservation mount, ordered from Tuscany, Italy. Made-to-measure frame hand-crafted in Florence.

CONSERVATION BOX MAKING

Alkaline boxes for the “Catalogue Général Officiel – Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes” and the “Album Souvenir – Exposition des Arts Décoratifs”, Paris, 1925. Private collection, Tokyo, Japan.