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Oil Paint was used in antique furniture and woodwork as a means of enhancing decoration with figurative designs or painting, or imitating more expensive woods, or other materials which may not have been readily available, such as tortoise shell, or expensive marquetry. Often used on primitive furniture, paint decorated hope or dowery chests, room paneling, clocks, mirrors, pianos, neoclassical cabinetry, and other furniture.
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George II Clock with shattered Eglomaise painted and gilt glass panes below the broken swan's neck pediment- before
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Eglomaise painted and gilt glass panels replicated, after
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Eglomaise painted glass showing loss of adhesion and physical damages before |
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Eglomaise painted and gilt glass- after |
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Eglomaise painted glass showing loss of adhesion and physical damages before |
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The severe damage to the original glass was unacceptable to the owner, who elected to restore to original condtion.
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Primitive Pennsylvania German Dowery Chest, ca. 1809 |
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Pennsylvania German settlers had a long history of paint decoration of furniture, to apply culturally important decoration, and often to enhance inexpensive use of woods, to resemble more costly imported woods not available in rural areas. |
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Chest with milk paint decoration produced in Pennsylvania suffering from physical damages and long usage |
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Top of chest shown restored, leaving significant distress intact, not over-restored |
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Front of Pennsylvania Dutch chest after conservation of milk paint finish |
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Bracket foot showing considerable distress- before |
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Oil Painting Portrait Conservation of Polychrome Painting on Canvas, artist unknown, ca. early Nineteenth Century
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Before condition poor, canvas weak, paint extensively crazed, overvarnish oxidized, ripped |
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Painting during cleaning, prior to repair |
Oil Painting Cleaning almost complete |
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Painting during filling of tears |
Conservation complete, new varnish applied |
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