Here is the Watts frame from a couple of posts ago... This job had a very urgent turn around, so it was really a case of do what can be done in the limited time. In an ideal world it should have had the over-painting stripped off and been re-gilded in oil and water gilding, but a quick fix and tidy up was required...
Once the surface was stabilised and missing ornament replaced, It was given a simple bronze powder and metal leaf finish, then antiqued, sealed with shellac, and waxed.
