33mc01-CR-2013_Moncalieri, Castle, Iron bed

Facilitated description: 

 

The iron bed was made in 1850. 
The bed is kept at the Castle of Moncalieri in the apartment of Princess Maria Clotilde. 
The La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the bed in 2013. 
The restorers dismantled the bed to take it to the laboratories of the Venaria Center. 
They cleaned all the iron parts.
They eliminated corroded iron parts (ruined due to contact with air).
They put on all pieces a product to protect the bed from light and contact with air.
 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention: 

 

Restoration

The intervention on the iron bed of Maria Clotilde's apartment in the castle of Moncalieri was part of a restoration project of various furnishings in this environment. As a first operation the bed was dismantled to be taken to the laboratories of the Conservation and Restoration Center "La Venaria Reale". Subsequently the surface was chemically cleaned from deposits of greasy dirt and atmospheric dust. The gaps of the iron parts were integrated with a red tempera, protected with microcrystalline wax and veiled with paint. The unpainted slats and metal elements have been chemically cleaned and treated with metal straw to remove corrosion products. These parts were then protected with heavy oils. The brass elements were chemically cleaned and dried with IR lamp and protected with acrylic resin and corrosion inhibitor.