experience with period picture frames. Treatments include structural repair, stabilization of surfaces, replacement of missing pieces, gesso fills, ingilding with an appropriate karat... gold leaf, toning to match existing finishes, and inpainting. All work conforms to the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the American Institute for Conservation... or an exhibition where the frames are in need of attention? Harvard Art can work on-site to make your collection show to it's best advantage. Typical treatments include cleaning...

More about this project... This Rococo Revival mirror is over 7.5 feet tall and 6 feet wide sits in the US Capitol building. The frame had gone through a number of restoration... treatments over the years. There was an added layer of gesso and gold over some of the original water gilding and the gold leaf surface had been covered with metal leaf (brass). We... refined. The final step was to in-gild areas of gilding that were too distressed to present well and gild where no gold leaf remained. All new gilding was done to match...

Antiquities preservation, art conservation treatment, Harvard... This 89 tall mirror is one of a pair created by John Doggett, a Roxbury, Massachusetts maker of frames, looking... Otis House. Harvard Art s conservation treatment included cleaning, filling some gesso losses, and saving original gold material that was curling up on the surface. A figure...

of glided surfaces. I find restoring and conserving a period frame back to its original beauty very satisfying, says Elizabeth. Uncovering gold beneath layers of paint and previous...