Conservation and Restoration of Folding Fan.

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Conservation and Restoration Report Object Description Object: Folding fanAttributed to: Princess Victoria, Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter (Victoria, Princess Royal, later German Empress and Queen of Prussia)Date: Circa mid-19th centuryMaterials: Painted silk or paper leaf, mother-of-pearl sticks and guards with engraved and pierced decoration, gilded monogram, lace trim Condition Before Treatment Leaf: Sticks and Guards: Pivot Area: Treatment Process Surface…

Restoration and Conservation Project

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This image beautifully illustrates a restoration and conservation project involving a ceramic foo dog (also known as a guardian lion). Let’s describe it clearly and professionally: Restoration and Conservation Project Description Object A brightly glazed ceramic foo dog statue, traditionally used as a protective symbol in Chinese art and architecture. The piece features vivid green,…

Picasso Ceramics.

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Corrida Ceramic platter Picasso’s artistic legacy is indeed immense and multifaceted. His experimentation with various mediums, including ceramics, showcases his restless creative spirit and his eagerness to push the boundaries of art. The Corrida Ceramic platter you described exemplifies his innovative approach to ceramics, blending different techniques and materials to create unique and striking pieces.…

A cross with gold and colored stones on it.

RENAISSANCE CROSS

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 Repair is the most difficult and labor-intensive process of jewelry production. The course of repair and restoration of jewelry involves production and recreation of various elements of jewelry as well as mounting and finishing operations.  Services in which recreation of separate elements of a design or a pattern is required, are called restoration. Determination of…

The Parisian Marchands-Merciers

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A marchand-mercier is a French term for a type of entrepreneur working outside the guild system of craftsmen but carefully constrained by the regulations of a corporation under rules codified in 1613. The reduplicative term literally means a merchant of merchandise, but in the 18th century took the connotation of a merchant of objets d’art.…

The ‘Court Fat Lady’

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The Golden Age of Chinese History The Tang Era of Chinese history is heralded as a golden age. It witnessed the prosperity of culture, economy, diplomacy and politics under a unified government. Stability within China led to an expansion of foreigners entering and living within the country, bringing with them their own cultural and social…