37-AL-2006_Nichelino, Hunting lodge by Stupinigi, Four oriental tables, inv. 966

Facilitated description:

 

The four tables with oriental decorations are four furniture of lacquered (painted) and gilded wood made in the mid-1800s. 
The tables are kept at the Palazzina di Caccia in Stupinigi.
The Centro Conservazione e Restauro La Venaria Reale restored the tables in 2006-2007 after the furniture was found. The tables were stolen in 2004.
The restorers have placed the tables in an anoxic chamber (room without oxygen that serves to eliminate insects that feed on wood).
They carried out a cleaning (cleaned the surface from the dirt deposited over time).
They consolidated (made more stable) the parts of wood that were detaching.
The tables had gaps (missing parts) in the wood. 
The restorers supplemented (filled the gaps) with beeswax. 
In the end, the restorers painted the tables to protect them from the sun's rays and dust.

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The restoration of the four oriental tables 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 Palace of Stupinigi in 2004. After the restoration, the works were relocated to the Palazzina.

 

Restoration 

The works were subjected to disinfestation treatment in anoxic chamber for a period of three weeks. A cleaning was then carried out on the entire surface. The detached sleepers were glued with animal glue and the lacquered surface was consolidated with infiltrations of an acrylic emulsion. The additions were made with a mixture of wax and paint. Finally, a protective coating was carried out.