124mc4b-MT-2017_Caravino, Castello di Masino (FAI), F. Bozelli ,Gaming table, inv. SBAS TO 862

Facilitated description:

 

The game table is a piece of furniture made of wood and colored marble. 
Francesco Bozelli made the coffee table in 1790. 
The coffee table is kept at the Castle of Masino in Caravino. 
The castle of Masino is an asset of the Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano (FAI).
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the coffee table in 2017. 
The restorers cleaned the coffee table of dust and wax. 
They filled the missing decoration parts with similar pieces of wood. 
They reconstructed some parts of the missing decoration. 
In the end they put a product to protect the fan from the sun's rays and dust.

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

The restoration of the game table of the Sala delle Tre Finistre of the Castello di Masino was carried out on the occasion of the exhibition Genius and mastery. Furniture and cabinetmakers at the Savoy court between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries at the Reggia di Venaria (Sala delle Arti, 17 March - 15 July 2018). 

Restoration

The intervention aimed to restore the aesthetic harmony of the artifact. Initially, the particulate deposit was removed, which grayed the surface and waxy residues were eliminated. The inlays have been integrated with the same wooden species, while it has been chosen not to intervene on the profiles of the slightly incomplete supports. The missing tablet decorations were reproduced by means of silicone casting and two-component epoxy-based stucco casting. The reproduction of the ornament on the front of the drawer was performed by means of a cotton thread soaked in plaster and glue, adhered to the trace of the drawing on the display. All the integrated elements have been pinstriped and chromatically adapted with watercolor. Finally, a protective layer was applied to the entire surface.

 

Bibliography

A. Wegher, Paper 47, in Genius and mastery. Furniture and cabinetmakers at the Savoy court between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries at the Reggia di Venari, edited by S. De Blasi, Allemandi, 2018, pp. 262-263.