conservation and restoration of ethnic art and archaeology

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Treatment


Some examples of treated objects:

treatment against woodworm and consolidation of the wood

removal of old glue and restoration of the cracks

manual removal of an old overpaint

cleaning of polychrome terracotta and fixation of the fragile pigment layers

glueing and touch up of the broken parts

visible reconstruction

of a missing part

removal of a gold overpainting

cleaning and glueing of the sherds,

if desired filling up the breaks and lacunas,

retouching of the fillings

detachable addition, from a distance one whole with the object, from closer up clearly noticable

filled lacuna,

ready to be retouched