Sculpture ConservationWe have much experience in the conservation-restoration of sculpture, and great expertise in the conservation of European painted and gilt sculpture dating as early as Medieval times. Such “polychrome” sculpture typically has delicate surfaces, sensitive to many of the cleaning agents employed in more typical conservation treatments of sculpture. Their conservation treatment therefore requires the kind of expertise that we offer, and frequently requires an initial phase of analysis of paint or gilt surfaces. We also provide such analysis of surface decoration. Our experience in the conservation-restoration of sculpture includes the following: Wooden, polychrome sculptures (stabilization, repair and cleaning) Terracotta sculptures (stabilization, repair and cleaning) Christopher Augerson has also cleaned marble sculptures, including Antonello Gagini's "Saint Catherine of Alexandria" (ca. 1520, Saint Louis Art Museum), and repaired and cleaned sculptures made in plaster. We have great expertise in the conservation of sculpture, including European painted and gilt sculpture. |
During treatment detail of one of the altar sculptures conserved in Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church at Ayr, Scotland. |
Photos: Details of Reredos, Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Ayr (Nathaniel Hitch, c.1899); Cupid and Psyche (19th C., Chauncey Ives, Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT); Bronco Buster (1895, Frederick Remington, private collection); Bust of a Young Girl (c. 1777, Jean-Antoine Houdon, private collection).