38mc05-AL-2011_Agliè, Ducal Castle, 11 stools

Facilitated description: 

 

The 11 stools are made of wood and leather.
The stools were made between the late 1800s and early 1900s. 
The stools are kept at the Ducal Castle of Agliè. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the stools in 2011.
The restorers cleaned the stools of dust.
They put a product against insects that eat wood. 
They put pieces of wood in the cracks.
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. 
In the end they cleaned the leather parts and repaired the uncooked and cut parts. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration 

The restoration of the 11 stools, 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 operations began with the dusting of the surface with brushes, suction and with the help of solvent 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. 
At the level of the decorated surface, consolidations, grouting and flickering holes were closed. 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.