17mc72-73-CM-2013_Nichelino, Stupinigi Hunting Lodge, 2 Sconces, inv. 391, 392

Facilitated description: 

 

The 2 sconces are two painted metal objects that hang on the wall and serve to support the candles.
The appliques were made in 1850.
The appliques are kept at the Hunting Palace of Stupinigi, in the King's Toilet.
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the sconces in 2013. 
The restorers cleaned the sconces from dust with chemicals. 
They dried the sconces under a special lamp. 
They put in a protective substance. 
They painted the macanzes of color with acrylic colors. 
They removed the paint from the candles.
In the end they painted the sconces to protect them from the sun's rays and dust. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

The restoration of the work began with mechanical and chemical cleaning to eliminate dirt deposits. This was followed by chemical cleaning of the lampholders with baths in aqueous chelating solution and rinsing with demineralised water. In addition, general dehydration was carried out with baths in ethyl alcohol, drying under an IR lamp and with a heat-convector and a protective layer of acrylic resin was applied. The pieces were then reassembled and the pictorial integrations of the incomplete parts on the leaves with acrylic color were carried out. Finally, the paint was removed from the candles and the pictorial integration with water-based acrylic paint was carried out.