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Gilded Cordovan
Object
Leather Cordovan, silver, goldlack, oil paint, glazes
Artist
Unknown
Dating
18th century
Dimensions
Panels 3.5 x 1.3 m
Location
Town Hall in Harderwijk; Netherlands
Nota
Project executed in cooperation with Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Maastricht, Netherlands
Work performed
- Initial technological research and pictorial layer stratigraphy
- Dry surface cleaning
- Removal of darkened varnish and local old retouches and overpainting
- Removal of the gilt leather from the old support
- Application of strip-lining
- Stretching the Cordovan onto a new aluminum (honey-comb) support using so-called Dutch tensioning
- Retouching of the Cordovan gilding (mica pigments, loose pigments, Aquazol® in ethanol)
- Retouching of the paint layer and local reconstructions of the painted motif (pigments, Aquazol® in ethanol)
- Final varnish Paraloid® B72
- Installation of elements in situ
Conservation effects
After conservation
Before conservation
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