33-AL-2006_Nichelino, Stupinigi Hunting Lodge, F. Bolgiè (attr.), Cassettone, inv. 295

Facilitated description:

 

The chest of drawers is a wooden cabinet with two drawers and a marble shelf.
Francesco Bolgiè made the chest of drawers at the end of the 1700s.
The chest of drawers is kept at the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi.
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the chest of drawers in 2006-2007 after the furniture was found. The chest of drawers was stolen in 2004.
The restorers carried out a cleaning (cleaning the surface from the dirt deposited over time or from the layers of old restorations).
They eliminated the plastering (white layer of plaster and glue that serves to cover the missing parts and forms the basis on which to paint the pictorial integrations) of a previous restoration intervention.
They consolidated (made more stable) the parts of the chest of drawers that were detaching.
The chest of drawers had gaps (missing parts) of wood.
The restorers have plastered the gaps.
In the end they painted the chest of drawers to protect it from the sun's rays and dust.

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The restoration of the chest of drawers attributed to Francesco Bolgiè was completed in 2007 under the supervision of Pinin Brambilla Barcilon. The intervention was carried out on the occasion of the discovery of the nucleus of works stolen from the hunting lodge of Stupinigi in 2004. After the restoration, the work was relocated to the Palazzina.

 

Restoration 

The restoration began with a disinfestation in the anoxic chamber for a period of three weeks, followed by the application of anti-theft product. Subsequently, a differentiated cleaning was carried out depending on the materials. No longer suitable grouting dating back to previous restoration works, traces of rust and porporine have been removed. Subsequently, the bonding of the parts that had lost adhesion and the consolidation of the structure were carried out. The lacunous ornate parts were integrated and the flicker holes were stuccoed.
Finally, it was itself a veil of protective paint over the whole work.