Array Art Conservation

                                      Conservation & Restoration Services Provided By Array Art Conservation

Three-dimensional Art

• Antique frames – stabilizing, reversing previous restoration, casting and replacing missing composition, cleaning, matching existing finishes (gilded gold leaf, faux finish, veneer)

• Glass – stabilizing, reversing previous restoration

• Gilding Gold Leaf- oil gilding & traditional water gilding techniques with hand made gesso & gilder's clay applications; custom ornamentation applications 

• Lacquer – cleaning, stabilizing, replacing missing composition, matching existing finish

• Metal – cleaning, neutralize rust and metal disease

• Marble- cleaning, stabilizing, reversing previous restoration, replacing missing composition

• Plaster – stabilizing, replacing missing composition

• Porcelain – stabilizing, reversing previous restoration, replacing missing composition

• Stone - stabilizing, reversing previous restoration, replacing missing composition

• Wood - stabilizing, reversing previous restoration, replacing missing composition

Two-dimensional Art

• Paintings

  • Canvas – relining, patching tears in canvas, cleaning, varnish removal, reversing previous restoration, replacing stretcher bars, replacing missing composition, in-painting, varnishing

  • Rigid support – stabilizing, cleaning, reversing previous restoration, mounting, replacing missing composition, in-painting, varnishing

• Paper

  • Oil-based prints – aqueous cleaning, aqueous deacidication, mounting

  • Water-soluble media – surface cleaning, spray deacidification

  • Asian screens- stabilizing tears, flattening, cleaning, in-painting

    
    

    *Note- Conservation is practiced on a case-sensitive basis. Methods used can only be determined, and assessments made based on variables unique to each individual work of art. All conservation & restoration methods employed are fully reversible.