17mc71-MC-2013_Nichelino, Stupinigi Hunting Lodge (King's bedroom apartment), Chandelier, inv. 304

Facilitated description:

 

The chandelier is a work of metal and glass made in the mid-1800s.
The chandelier is kept in the Hunting Palace of Stupinigi, in the bedroom of the King's apartment.
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the chandelier in 2013.
The restorers dismantled the chandelier to clean all the pieces.
They washed the glass parts and cleaned the metal parts with chemicals.
They removed the paint from the metal parts.
They dried the parts under a special lamapada.
They repainted the candles because the paint was ruined.
They rebuilt the electrical system and reassembled the chandelier.

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

The chandelier of the bedroom of the King's apartment (Stupinigi's Hunting Palace) has been dismantled in order to carry out a diversified cleaning for each material. On the iron elements were carried out cleaning dowels that highlighted a layer of silver color below the paint. Thanks to the XRF analysis, this layer was identified as tin-plating. Therefore, it was decided to proceed with the removal of the paint. Subsequently, the brass elements were cleaned and the three welded brass arms were welded. The anchoring elements of the metal structure (screws, nuts, bolts, etc.) were mechanically cleaned from iron corrosion products. The glass sconces have been cleaned by immersion and compensation in the cracked areas. The wooden candles have been repainted with the same shade. Finally, the electrical system was restored and the glass components were reassembled.

 

Bibliography

- S. De Blasi, From study to conservation. The historical chandeliers of Stupinig's Hunting Palacei in The silent restoration: Preventive conservation: a sustainable management and control system, S. De Blasi (eds.), Firenze, Nardini, 2016, pp. 57-63.

- M. Demmelbauer, The problems of historical chandeliers between restoration and maintenance, in l silent restoration: Preventive conservation: a sustainable management and control system, S. De Blasi (eds.), Florence, Nardini, 2016, pp. 64-72.