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- HEIRLOOMS AND ANTIQUES REPAIR AND RESTORATION -

POLYCHROME "BLACKAMOOR" LIGHT FIXTURE

ANTIQUE JAPANESE SCREEN

ACCELERATED AGEING DUE TO SUN DAMAGE, SMOKING, AND MOLD SPORES.

BEGINNING THE CLEANING. BOTTOM RT CORNER COMPLETE.

ORIGINAL COLOR WORN OFF, EXPOSING WOOD.

LEFT SIDE RESTORED.

BEFORE RESTORATION. DUST AND SMOKE HAVE DISCOLORED THE BONE.

NUMEROUS LOSSES THROUGHOUT PIECE; FORTUNATELY CLIENT HAD RETAINED PIECES FOR RE-ATTACHMENT.

AFTER REPAIR AND CLEANING

CLEANING DONE, READY FOR URUSHI STABILIZATION.

BLACK URUSHI INSERTED IN EXPANSION CRACKS TO STABILIZE PIECE UNTIL FULL RESTORATION IN THE FUTURE.

WOOD PORE STRUCTURE UNDER MAGNIFICATION FOR WOOD IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES.

A SELECTION OF REPAIR AND RESTORATION EXPERIENCE.. PIECES RANGING FROM AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE TO DANISH MODERN