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March, 2010

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The Conservation
of a Moisture Damaged
Oil Gilded Framed Mirror

Case Study

by Ryan Greene
Bernacki & Associates, Inc.

This article will review the conditions
and circumstances of how to properly
care for gilded objects and furnishings.
Issues regarding conservation and
restoration will be reviewed to ensure the
overall integrity and safe keeping of gilded
finishes. Conservation issues will be
explored to better understand how gilded
surfaces can become damaged and
compromised. Issues involved in
replacing sections of cast and applied
ornament, consolidation of gesso,
in-filling sections of missing and
damaged gold leaf and surface cleaning
will also be covered.

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Fragment of gilt wood frame damaged in storage – after restoration



NEW DEAL MURAL
BROUGHT BACK TO PUBLIC
AFTER 40 YEARS

by Elizabeth Kendall
Parma Conservation, Ltd.

Boston Harbor mural during restoration

For 40 years a beautiful mural of
Boston Harbor lay rolled up in a
storage facility where it suffered
water damage, rodent infestation,
and neglect.


The 1940 mural by Stephen Etnier had
been painted for the Everett Branch Post
Office in Boston as part of the Treasury
Section of Fine Art project under FDRs
New Deal program. The postal facility was
sold in the 1970s and at that time the
mural was removed from the wall, put in
storage, and forgotten.

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