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Golden Chamber
Object
Gilded woodcarving elements
Artist
Unknown
Dating
18th century
Dimensions
Numerous elements up to 2.5 x 1.7 m
Location
Golden Chamber at St. Ursula Church, Cologne, Germany
Nota
Project executed in cooperation with Kunstgriff Restaurierung, Cologne, Germany
Work performed
- Consolidation of unstable polychromy layer
- Decontamination of elements and dry surface cleaning
- Removal of soot and other organic pollutants
- Consolidation of wood damaged by xylophagous
- Gluing of numerous cracks in woodcarving elements
- Fillings and loss compensation in wood
- Numerous fillings of the ground layer and polychromy loss
- New gilding on bolus with 24K gold
- Patinating of newly gilded areas
- Consolidating retouching, including powder gold retouching
- Installation of original 18th-century glazing or their contemporary reconstructions
Conservation effects
After conservation
Before conservation
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