This is one of the most difficult restoration jobs which we have accepted for many years. Follow its progress over the next few weeks to observe its return to former glory.
The images above show the before and after of an oil painting recently cleaned at Gadsbys. The patches on the side of the first image show just a little of the dirt which was removed in the very early stages of the cleaning process. In these two pictures the...
Cleaning paintings is one of our most common restoration tasks. Hopefully you can get a feel for the change we achieve from these images. But, in reality, it is the owners of the paintings who are the only people who can really appreciate the restoration work. A...
To begin the process of a total repair to this canvas we have removed the stretched canvas from the decorative gilt frame, and removed the tacks which attach the canvas to its wooden support frame. The canvas is now a floppy piece of fabric which has to be carefully...