41mc04-AL-2015_Saluzzo, Castello della Manta (FAI), Pair of chairs savonarola

Facilitated description: 

The two wooden 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 Savonarola chairs of the Castello della Manta was restored as part of a project that involved interventions on different textile and furniture furnishings. 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, the previous glues on the slats of the pincer supports were removed and vinyl glue and wooden pins were applied. The surface has been chemically cleaned and protected with microcrystalline wax.