41mc03-AL-2015_Saluzzo, Castello della Manta (FAI), Pair of chairs

Facilitated description: 

The two wooden and fabric chairs are kept at Castello della Manta in Saluzzo. 
Castello della Manta is an asset of the Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the chairs in 2015.
The restorers placed the chairs in the anoxic chamber, an oxygen-free chamber that serves to eliminate wood-eating insects. 
They fixed the wooden parts of the chairs. 
They cleaned the chairs of dust. 
In the end they painted the wooden parts to protect them from the sun's rays and dust. 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention: 

 

Restoration

The pair of chairs in walnut wood of Castello della Manta has been restored as part of a project that involved interventions on different textile furnishings and furniture. The operations began with the disinfestation in anoxic chamber for a period of three weeks and the application of anti-moth product with a brush. The restoration has aimed at the structural recovery and recovery of the disjointed parts. In order to restore the original structural function of the furnishings, the lining in the textile upholstery was removed and they were glued and fixed with cantonal screws. The surface has been chemically cleaned and protected with microcrystalline wax.