38mc01-03-AL-2011_Agliè, Ducal Castle, Benches and stools

Facilitated description: 

 

The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the furniture of the Ducal Castle of Agliè in 2011.
The restorers have restored 8 small benches, 20 larger benches, 12 stools made between the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The furniture is located in one of the rooms of the castle called the Gallery of Birds and the Dead. 
The restorers cleaned the consoles of dust.
They put a product against insects that eat wood. 
They put pieces of wood in the cracks.
They replaced the missing parts like some benches legs.
They filled the small wooden gaps with stucco (plaster and glue layer).
They painted the stucco with watercolors.
The restorers put a product on the wooden parts to protect them from the sun's rays and dust. 
Eventually they cleaned the leather parts and repaired the unsealed leather and fabric parts. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration 

The restoration of the wooden furnishings, coming from the Ducal Castle of Agliè, provided for the superficial cleaning and structural revision of the gaps of the wooden and leather part. The intervention was performed on 8 4-legged benches, 20 8-legged benches and 12 stools from the Gallery of Birds and the Dead. The operations began with the dusting of the surface with brushes and with the help of sponges to remove the most tenacious inconsistent deposits. A permethrin-based anti-moth solution was laid on the back. The slits were compensated with filzettes of the same wood species and resin and the missing parts (legs) were integrated in imitation. In addition, in some cases screws have been inserted on the back of the work to support the chodi. 
At the level of the decorated surface, consolidations and grouting of the gaps were carried out. The chromatic integration was done with watercolor and paint colors. Finally, a thin protective layer of microcrystalline wax was laid out. 
The leather upholstery of the seats was cleaned with a solution applied by buffer in the areas that had bleaching from aging. The cuts and lacerations were compensated with glued and pressed leather inserts. The edges of the deformed lacerations were smoothed with moisture and underweight drying. Finally, the detachments were made to re-adhere with adhesive and the inserts were integrated with watercolor.