124mc03-AL-2017_Agliè, Ducal Castle, lowercase Berolati, Consul, inv. 28

Facilitated description: 

 

The console is a coffee table made of wood, marble (stone) and metal. 
The consul was built in 1824. 
The consul is kept at the Ducal Castle of Agliè. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the console in 2017 on the occasion of an exhibition. 
The restorers placed the console in an anoxic chamber (room without oxygen that serves to eliminate insects that eat wood). 
They put on the wooden parts a product against insects that eat wood. 
They cleaned the console from dust with different methods for the wooden parts and for the marble parts. 
They cleaned the damaged metal parts for contact with air. 
The restorers glued the parts of wood that were coming off. 
They filled the wooden gaps on the right side with pieces of wood. 
They filled the small wooden gaps with stucco (plaster and glue layer). 
They painted the scratched parts with watercolors. 
In the end they painted the console to protect it from the sun's rays and dust. 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention: 

 

Restoration carried out on the occasion of the exhibition on display Genius and mestria. Furniture and cabinetmakers at the Savoy court between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Reggia di Venaria, Sala delle Arti 17 March - 15 July 2018). 

Restoration

The intervention on the consul of the Ducal Castle of Agliè, began with the disinfestation in anoxic chamber for a period of three weeks and subsequent treatment with antitarlo solution (permethrin) to eliminate the symptomatic attacks. The marble top and wooden surface were chemically cleaned to remove deposits and the more cohesive parts were removed mechanically. The metal portions were treated with solution to eliminate oxidation. The veneer tiles were made to re-adhere by means of glue and pressure with clamps. On the right side the missing tiles with the same wooden essence have been integrated. These parts were then intoned with watercolor colors. The gaps were filled with pigmented stucco and the abrasions were intoned with watercolor colors. Finally, the wooden surface was protected with varnish with a UV filter and the marble shelf with a layer of microcrystalline wax.

 

Bibliography

A. Giovannini Luca, Sheet 74, in Genius and mestria. Furniture and cabinetmakers at the Savoy court between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (catalogue), edited by S. De Blasi, Turin, Allemandi, 2018, pp. 293-294.