08mc11-12-AL-2014_Santena, Castello Cavour, 3 armchairs, inv. II/266

Facilitated description: 

 

The three armchairs have a wooden structure and the upholstery of silk fabric.  
The chairs were made during the 1800s. 
The armchairs are kept at Castello Cavour in Santena. 
The restorers of the La Venaria Reale Conservation and Restoration Centre restored the armchairs in 2014-2016. 
The restorers placed the armchairs in an anoxic chamber, an oxygen-free chamber used to eliminate wood-eating insects. 
They cleaned the chairs of dust.
They cleaned the metal wheels with chemicals. 
They covered holes caused by wood-eating insects. 
They put a product against wood-fed insects.
They removed the silk fabric that covered the armchairs because it was too ruined and put it in storage containers. 
They cleaned the fabric that was under the silk.
In the end they put a protective substance on the wooden parts to protect the armchairs from the sun's rays and dust. 

 

 

 

 

Abstract of the intervention:

 

Restoration

The intervention on the armchairs is part of the restoration of the furnishings of the bedroom and study of Cavour del Castello di Santena on the occasion of the refurbishment of the entire residence. 
The restoration of the armchairs began with a disinfestation in the anoxic chamber for a period of three weeks. It was followed by the removal of atmospheric deposits and the insertion of wooden reinforcements where missing. The armrests and cushions of the seat and backrest have been vacuumed. The golden metal wheels have been cleaned of oxidation. 
The flicker holes were filled with pigmented resin. The gaps of wooden material were integrated with the same essence, then pigmented.
Finally, they laid out an anti-moth solution and a protective.
Given the precarious state of preservation of the coating silk, it was removed and stored. It was then left exposed the underlying covering fabric, cleaned on the occasion of the present restoration.