I am now winding down for the Christmas and New Year holidays, just a couple more jobs to finish off, and to be collected on Monday. When I get back to work in January I have about 4 weeks work already planned, with the restoration of the frames shown above being just a few examples.
The frame at the top has missing gesso/gilding so these areas will be filled and gilded to match. There are a couple of 19th Century watercolour frames which need repairs and re-gilding. Then there is a 19th C compo swept frame hanging from the wall brackets which has quite a few losses, the good 19th C swept leaning against the shelves has lots of losses and also needs a 1" gilded slip to make it fit an antique oil painting. The nice little Watts frame has various losses. The last frame is a lovely Louis XIII flower corner frame which has incised panels with floral designs. This incised gesso is lost in places so needs filling and then incising to match the surrounding designs.
The frame at the top has missing gesso/gilding so these areas will be filled and gilded to match. There are a couple of 19th Century watercolour frames which need repairs and re-gilding. Then there is a 19th C compo swept frame hanging from the wall brackets which has quite a few losses, the good 19th C swept leaning against the shelves has lots of losses and also needs a 1" gilded slip to make it fit an antique oil painting. The nice little Watts frame has various losses. The last frame is a lovely Louis XIII flower corner frame which has incised panels with floral designs. This incised gesso is lost in places so needs filling and then incising to match the surrounding designs.
