08mc04-AL-2014_Santena, Castello Cavour, Coffee table, inv. II/261

Facilitated description: 

 

The coffee table is a wooden piece of furniture with a marble top. 
The coffee table was made during the 1800s. 
The coffee table is kept at Castello Cavour in Santena. 
The restorers of the La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the coffee table in 2014-2016. 
The restorers placed the coffee table in an anoxic chamber, an oxygen-free chamber used to eliminate wood-eating insects. 
They cleaned the coffee table of dust with small vacuum cleaners and chemicals. 
They glued the parts of wood that were coming off.
They filled the missing wood parts with painted similar wood. 
They covered holes caused by wood-eating insects. 
In the end they put a product against insects that feed on wood and a protective substance to protect the coffee table from the sun's rays and dust. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

The intervention on the coffee table is part of the restoration of the furnishings of the bedroom and study of Cavour of the Castello di Santena on the occasion of the refurbishment of the entire residence. 
The restoration of the coffee table began with a disinfestation in the anoxic chamber for a period of three weeks. The removal of atmospheric deposits with rubbers and vacuum cleaners was followed. The marble top, on the other hand, has been chemically cleaned and the oxidation from the metal parts has been removed. 
The lifts of the veneered parts were consolidated with glue and made to adhere with clamps. The gaps were integrated with the same wooden essence and intoned with watercolor colors.
The flicker holes were filled with putty.
Finally, they laid out an anti-moth solution and a protective.