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BRIDAL DOWER CHEST, WALNUT WOOD, RENAISSANCE 15th century.
The dower chest or bridal dower chest is a container or storage piece of furniture, used in all Catalonia, between the 14th and 17th centuries, in the domestic sphere.
Its function was to contain the lay down that the brides brought to the marriage.
They were, along with the chest, the type of container furniture most used in Catalonia during the medieval period.
They were mainly used, the woods of poplar and from walnut, the latter in quality pieces, such as wedding boxes.
Music: Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont de Paris, Jordi Savall
NEOCLASSIC DRESSING, LOUIS XVI STYLE, 2nd 1/2 17th c.
Made of solid oak wood, veneered with mahogany wood, bois de rose, chicranda and lemon fillet, and marquetry with fruit tree's wood. The Louis XVI Style emerges as a contrast to the Louis XV Style (rococo); is one of the first manifestations of the neoclassicism in France, between 1760 and 1789.
The Louis XVI style is opposed to the Louis XV style; it returns to the rigor of geometric forms taken from neoclassical architecture. The woods used for the structures: beech, walnut, spruce and oak. For the outside: mahogany, chicranda, amaranth, bois de rose or bois de violet veneers. Bronzes continue to be applied and, of course, shiny shellac finishes.
Music: Trio Suite in C Minor: No. 1, La Simphonie du Marais - Hugo Reyne
CHARLES IV DRAWER, WALNUT, NEOCLASSIC STYLE, 2ND 1/2 OF THE 17TH AND EARLY 19th c.
The visit to Barcelona of Charles IV and Maria Lluïsa of Parma in 1802 on the occasion of the double wedding of their children in Barcelona revolutionized the city and enriched it in many aspects, especially in the major and minor arts.
In other words, also in the furniture. This chest of drawers is an example of the influential tastes of the king who will shape the style with his name.
Music: Symphony nº 25 in D major, Gaetano Brunetti
"DITADA" TABLE, ISABELINE STYLE, 1/2 18th c.
Solid walnut wood. It entered the workshop crouched, with a broken leg, varnish in poor condition and an open and lifted envelope.
Finished with shellac and "knuckle" wax.
Music: Ferran Sor, Complete studies for guitar 18th c.
ENGLISH SWIVEL CHAIR, CHESTER STYLE IN CHERRY ROOT WOOD AND SOLID CHERRY WITH TUFFLED LEATHER SEAT, 18th c.
It arrived at the workshop with the swivel system stuck, one leg and back mounts unglued that were moving, sheet metal lifted, small center leg moldings missing and 5 buttons missing from raw leather seat upholstery.
There is no unanimous agreement as to whether the Chester style and its classic capitone were born in the late 17th or early 19th century, what is known is that it came from the imagination of a London cabinetmaker who, following the directions of the Earl of Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope), built a seat where distinguished men could sit comfortably and maintain a high posture.
The cabinet maker in charge delivered to the count what would become the 1st tufted sofa in history: a sofa with a fully upholstered canapé and a back studded with buttons that seemed to sink into it and which make up its characteristic look , which has survived to this day. The original upholstery was leather.
Music: Arne Thomas Augustine (1710-1778) - Eight Overtures [Christopher Hogwood]
FRENCH MIRROR WITH CARVED AND GOLDEN WOODEN FRAME ON RED BOWL, DOUBLE MOLDING, 17th c.
It arrived at the workshop with the upper left broken from an old break. Old glues had to be cleaned, a sheet metal skeleton made at the back as support and reinforcement, joints plastered, gilded and reintegrated.
French mirrors originated in the 17th c, they are usually rectangular and were used to decorate the space between the windows of a room.
These mirrors had a double function, since on the one hand they were an incredible decorative element, and on the other hand they helped to increase the lighting of the rooms, since they reflected the sunlight.
They are usually made of carved wood with ornaments and gilded with gold leaf.
Music: Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, Flute Quartets, Op. 12
SEWING MACHINE BRAND SILVIA 18th c.
The sewing machine entered the history of technology in the last third of the 18th century, with the prototype created by the British Thomas Saint in 1790.
At the end of the 19th century, the machine was already part of the work and domestic settings of industrial societies, including Catalonia. Miquel Escuder Castella, from Terrassa settled in Barcelona, in 1862 manufactures and sells the 1st Spanish sewing machine under the name "Aurora"
In its beginnings for domestic use it was conceived as an object of luxury, but gradually it took place in the humblest economies, among the sewing tools of young women who were preparing the ajovar for the wedding, the housewives they acquired it to sew white and dress clothes and, if necessary, to work on their own account or for someone else.
The example of the pernicious effects of the sewing machine on the health and morality of seamstresses is given. It was claimed that the continuous movement of the legs on the pedals awakened a sexual arousal of such magnitude that even forced them to take cold water baths to contain it.
Music: Fox trot years 20
LOUIS XIV CHAIR, REGENCY STYLE, 17th c, IN BEECH AND GRID, IN “ROCAILLE”
Louis XIV, the so-called "Sun King", felt a great interest in the arts to the point of founding the Academy of Painting and Sculpture (1655), the French Academy of Rome (1666) and the Academy of Architecture (1671).
His style is divided into three stages: 1st. comprised between (1643-1661) during the Regency and dominated by Italian influence, 2a. corresponding to the splendor of the reign; and the 3rd in the last years of the 16th.
That's when the furniture will be the most elegant and elaborate of the Baroque.
This style is known for the combination of the curve with rectilinear elements.
At the court of Versailles, the chairs were reserved for lords and princes, and they call it the “usage” chair. Courtiers, however, used stools.
The most used woods were walnut, beech and oak.
The bases of the seats will be widened and the backrests inclined.
The legs were joined with chambranes or crossbars in the shape of X or H. They were mainly decorated with carvings of "rocaille" (acant leaves), they were also gilded.
They made the grid seats that had already come from ancient times fashionable, in Tutankhamun's tomb they were already founded grid furniture!
This chair arrives at the workshop with the right leg of the back broken by the base and the joints of the laces that moved.
The reason is the strong attack of xylophages that weakened it.
Restoration process:
It had to be disinfected, a first cleaning was done with a neutral remover, it was disassembled, and it was then that it became clear why it was moving (the lace was completely eaten by corks). Then the wood that was damaged was cleaned to be able to glue a new one; a new leg has been made from beech wood, copying it symmetrically from the other one. A couple of dovetails have been made to join the new leg to the backrest so that it has enough resistance. The conical pegs removed when disassembling the chair have been redone.
The dovetails and pegs have been glued and placed.
The broken crosspiece of the legs has been glued.
The new leg has been aged by reintegrating it into the rest. Varnished with shellac, plastered with wax stucco, and finished with wax with a cotton pad.
Then the hole in the grid has been restored and reintegrated into the rest of the backrest.
The leather seat protector has also been cleaned and waxed.
Music: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs. Le concert des Nations. Jean-Baptiste Lully
VINTAGE MEDICINE CABINET/FIRST AID KIT CALLED "BOTIQUÍN" IN SOLID PINE WOOD, 18th c.
The apothecary had its origins in Ancient Egypt and then also passed to the Greeks and Romans. Its sole function was to facilitate the transport of medical instruments and it was called: "the chat box", as it included a large chat box for cutting bones, its modern version was not developed until 1828 when the German doctor Wilhelm Wienerschnitzel partnered with Russian industrial engineer Dimitri IvanovichVotikyn to mass produce them. But the Russian betrayed him by appropriating the patent and imposing his surname on the invention. After 3 years of research and experimentation, Votikyn developed the first model that could be carried on the back. It contained: medicine in bottles and pocket ampoules and a removable stretcher with a blanket. Portable and wall-mounted first aid kits were made to provide first aid in case of need. With the passage of time and the miniaturization of components, the first aid kit has included new elements and has become smaller and easier to use.
Music: Those green eyes. Antonio Machin
NINETEENTH CENTURY STYLE SOLID CHERRY WOOD BEDSIDE TABLE, 19th c.
It arrives at the workshop with an attack of xylophages, the varnish damaged, with the door with "pieces" of pine wood stuck with nails, the veneer of the quarter panel unglued, the sides of the drawer unglued and broken, the door poorly glued without a spacer, and lack of a hinge replaced by keys.
It had to be disinfected, the door dismantled, the pine patches replaced by pieces of cherry, the veneer lifted and everything glued together again.
Disassemble the drawer, redo the interior, strip the damaged varnish, stain, varnish with shellac, plaster the holes in the cork and the defects in the wood with plaster stucco and, finished with "knuckle" wax and cleaned the bronze shooters.
It turned out very nice! Also a SMALL BOOT made by the owner when she was 9 years old.
NEOCLASSIC DRAWER, LOUIS XVI STYLE, 2nd ½ 17th c.
Made of solid oak wood, veneered with rosewood, jacaranda and lemon fillet, marquetry with fruit trees and gilded bronzes.
It arrives at the workshop with lifted sheet metal, missing pieces of sheet metal, rusted and damaged varnish, crooked nails, and dirty bronze.
RESTORATION PROCESS:
The bronzes have been dismantled, old glues have been cleaned from the lifted veneers and re-glued, and missing veneer pieces have been redone with bois de rose veneer wood. It has been mechanically dry-cleaned 1st with knives 2nd with a fine aluminum scouring pad and alcohol to maintain the patina of the wood. The new parts have been reintegrated, with anilines in water. Varnished with shellac "French style" mirror effect finish. The bronzes have been cleaned and reassembled, and the key straightened.
Music: Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797) - Concerts of simphonies (Concerto Köln).
SAILOR'S BOX OF SOLID RIVERBANK TREE WOOD, POLYCHROMED WITH OIL PAINTING. CATALONIA, 17th c.
Sailor's boxes were furniture used to transport property on sea trips. They had a lock and key. In addition to the practical use, symbolic polychrome scenes were also incorporated for the owner. After the War of Succession, the harshness suffered by Catalonia (2nd 1/2 of the 17th century) saw the American market as a good business, and many Catalans set course from the Mediterranean towards the Atlantic. These events were called the "Race to America"...
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CONDITION OF THE FURNITURE:
It seems that it was stolen because the lock and key and the typical interior drawer are missing.
There are samples of an old restoration where they replaced the part of the front where the lock was with new wood and refilled the part where the fence went to the lid.
It should have been very deteriorated because they repainted over the exterior polychromy.
ARRIVES AT THE WORKSHOP with an attack of xylophages, weak and cracked hinges, open laces, one of the side handles missing, legs wobbling, and the lid flap broken. Very dirty polychromy.
RESTORATION PROCESS:
It has been disinfected, the hinges dismantled, it has been cleaned inside and out. The legs and decorative slats have been fixed. The new handle has been made from pine wood and has been reintegrated. Cork holes and wood defects have been plastered. The polychromy on the inside of the lid, as well as on the sides and front, has been cleaned with great care, and surprises have been found!
The lack of color has been reinstated; it has been done with tempera to respect the original polychromy (made in oil) and, thus, not to manipulate it.
The drawings have been recovered by observing the old traces of the brushes and the original colors with a magnifying glass. It has been protected with Dammar matte and finished with wax.
Authentic hinges and keys have been restored.
And it has been assembled again.
Music: Anselm Viola. Concerto for obligato (1. Andante-Allegro). Catalan Baroque Orchestra
CATALAN SEWING BOX ISABELINE STYLE IN MAHOGANY WOOD AND CHICKRANDA DRAWERS WITH LEMON MARQUETRY, 2ª ½ 18th c.
It arrives at the workshop with the varnish damaged, the half-disassembled drawers that wobble and their guides worn out, with the pine wood of the open base cracking the mahogany veneer, in places, it has jumped, and in others, it is lifted, the three legs are wobbly, and the moldings on the envelope are loose.
We had to dismantle moldings, the leg, and one of the drawers, clean damaged glues, glue it again, reintegrate the base wood with solid pine wood, glue raised mahogany veneer, redo missing pieces, redo drawer guides, remove damaged varnish, plaster joints and defects in the wood and varnish again with shellac in "French Polish."
A cut-to-size glass has been placed to protect the envelope.
Decorative style that occurred during the reign of Isabel II of Spain. Correlative to that of other countries (such as Biedermeier, Germanic, and the Restoration, Louis Philippe and Second Empire, French), the Elizabethan style created cumbersome secretaries and checkered mirror consoles, garnished with monochrome marquetry (boxwood on mahogany ) and the same time, the lavish living room chairs, with elliptical curves, and the auxiliary furniture, decorated with mother-of-pearl and polychrome flowers or in dark tones of chicranda, mahogany, with metal or lemon marquetry, decorations with chain, varnished in "French Polish" process or absolute black.
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1ST DRAWER (OF THE COUPLE), AND MIRROR, ON MAHOGANY WOOD WITH ZINC MARQUETRY, ROMANTICISM STYLE, 18th c.
CONDITION OF THE FURNITURE:
• Dirty and scratched synthetic varnish.
• Mahogany wood on both sides at the height of the 3rd drawer guide is slightly cracked. Worn drawer guides.
The zinc keyhole of the 2nd drawer and the base wood are missing.
• Pieces of sheet metal are missing throughout the drawer, especially around the keyhole of the 2nd drawer and the last
• The lock of the 2nd drawer is missing. The drawer key is missing.
• Marked and dirty marble
RESTORATION PROCESS: The synthetic varnish has been removed from the entire chest of drawers. The broken base of the keyhole of the missing 2nd drawer has been redone, and its corresponding new zinc keyhole.
All deficiencies have been reintegrated with mahogany veneer. The mahogany cracks on both sides have been repaired and concealed.
Pieces of the zinc chain that were missing have been redone.
They have reviewed and made new guides both for the inside of the chest of drawers and for the drawers that needed them.
The missing new lock and a pair of new keys have been made. And all the wooden loops broken by the tongues of each lock have been redone.
The marble has been cleaned and polished, 1st with the polisher (the marks were too deep) and then manually with pumice stone powder and water until it is fine and finished with wax.
And it has been varnished with shellac in the "French style," a mirror effect.
Music: Dance Macabre, Camille Saint-Saëns 1875
FISCHER & SÖHNE STYLE BEECH CHAIR (REF. 973), 18th c.
It arrives at the workshop to change the broken seat grille and to go over the dirty and scratched varnish. Abundant cork holes are found on some legs and on the seat.
Preventive disinfection treatment has been applied; the grid changed, the varnish superficially cleaned, the cork holes plastered, and the grid aged and finished with wax varnish.
D. G. Fischel & Söhne. The brothers Gustav and Alexander Fischel were businessmen who competed with Thonet. They founded D. G. Fischel Söhne in 1870 in a small Czech town because they had a large amount of beech forests that surrounded it, ideal wood for bending and making furniture of this type. Later, they built a sawmill in the Romanian Carpathians and imported beech from there. The Fischel brothers produced tables, benches, hangers, cots, beds, rocking chairs, etc. At the end of the 19th century, the company had 650 employees and produced almost 1400 pieces of furniture daily. In 1916, it had to stop its production to devote itself to ammunition boxes, but after the 1st World War, it continued its previous success. During the 2nd World War, the factory became part of Gebrüder Thonet. After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989, the business was privatized and bought by an American company that filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
"D'ENTRE DEUX À RIDEAU" FURNITURE, LOUIS XV-TRANSITION STYLE, 19th c.
(Medium furniture with sliding doors)
Veneered with rosewood and solid mahogany legs.
It has two sliding doors at the front, a handle with a leather desk, and a removable lectern at the top.
It arrives at the Workshop dirty, with damaged varnish and missing sheet metal. The bronzes have been dismantled. All the varnish has been cleaned by making a “sepiatura” (cleaning procedure), keeping the patina of the wood and the varnish.
The missing parts have been redone with rosewood veneer, they have been reintegrated, and finally, the bronzes have been cleaned.
It has been varnished with shellac “French style,” and the bronzes have been mounted.
2ND DRAWER (OF THE COUPLE), AND MIRROR, ON MAHOGANY WOOD WITH ZINC MARQUETRY, ROMANTICISM STYLE, 18th c.
CONDITION OF THE FURNITURE:
• Dirty and scratched synthetic varnish.
• Mahogany wood on both sides at the height of the guides is slightly cracked due to the opening of the base planks.
• Background of open drawers
• The zinc keyhole of the 3rd drawer and the wood of the base are missing.
• Pieces of sheet metal are missing around the keyhole of the 3rd drawer, the 1st and the last.
• The 4th lock had a broken spring.
• Marked and rough marble.
RESTORATION PROCESS:
The synthetic varnish has been removed from the entire chest of drawers. Mahogany veneer cracks on both sides have been fixed and concealed.
The broken base of the keyhole of the missing 3rd drawer has been redone, and its corresponding new zinc keyhole.
All deficiencies have been reintegrated with mahogany veneer.
Two strips of solid pine wood have been placed on each side at the height of the side cracks. The bottom openings of the five drawers have been reintegrated with solid pine.
Fixed the broken spring of the 4th lock and made an extra new key.
The marble has been cleaned and polished, 1st with the polisher (the marks were too deep) and then manually with pumice stone powder and water until it is fine and finished with wax.
And it has been varnished with shellac in the "French style" mirror effect.
Music: Dance macabre, Camille Saint-Saëns 1875
9 MARQUETTERY SMALL BOXES.
These boxes have a very beautiful story.
They were made with pieces of marquetry that a client had kept in a drawer, an inheritance from her godfather, a renowned decorator of the Catalan bourgeoisie of the '60s/'70s.
They are remnants of an order made by a client, a copy of a small “barguenyo” (typical Spanish furniture, 16th-18th centuries) that he already had to make the pair, and other reasons.
It has been thought, chosen, and shuffled, and finally, nine boxes have come out, and everything has been used.
Combined with different woods as a frame, cherry, walnut, and mahogany, they have been disassembled; the tops have been plated with the corresponding marquetry by gluing them with hot glue.
The exterior parts have been dyed to match the color of each one.
The marquetry joints have been plastered.
They have been varnished with shellac and finished with wax (to achieve a satin finish)
And finally, the interiors have been lined with tissue paper, and assembled again.
SEWING BOX, SOLID WALNUT. 1st 1/2 19th c.
This sewing box has a very beautiful story.
It was made by the father’s client for his fiancee, from the Barcelona Model prison where he was imprisoned during the Civil War (1936-39) and he learned to work with wood although he never did it afterwards .
It arrives at the workshop with a considerable attack of xylophagia, one of the drawers with the bottom unglued, the hinges unstable and the varnish very dirty and damaged.
He has had a curative and preventive anti- woodworm treatment at Tratamientos Garbi S.L.
The hinges of the drawers have been dismantled, walnut veneer glued to the bottom of the drawers to strengthen them and what was unglued glued back to the structure.
It has been cleaned with a dry scalpel and reviewed with isotropic alcohol andsmall brush.
Dyed, varnished with shellac. Plastered woodworm holes and wood defects with wax stucco.
Addressed and cleaned brass hinges.
It has been waxed and reassembled.
Music: Le Festin, Camille
CASTILIAN CHAIR IN SOLID WALNUT WOOD AND LEATHER, EARLY 19th c.
It arrives at the workshop disheveled, dirty, with fungus, and with a rotten leather seat and backrest.
The leather has been removed.
The wood has been cleaned and stripped.
The joints that moved have been glued and some that were broken have been reinforced with bolts.
It has been painted, plastered with plaster and wax stucco.
It has been varnished with shellac and finished with wax.
Templates of the seat and backrest have been made with newspaper.
The leather has been cut to the appropriate shape.
The leather has been tanned, to be able to work with it better and to make it harder once dry.
The backrests and the seat have been lined with plastic to be able to adapt the "wet" leather, it has been left to dry and disassembled to remove the plastic.
The seat has been reinforced with rocks.
The leather has been fixed with upholstery nails and finished with studs.
Music: Azam Ali, Loga R. Torkian. Kteer Tayebb
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NEOCLASSIC DRAWER, LOUIS XVI STYLE, 2nd ½ 17th c.
In solid oak wood, veneered with mahogany wood, bois de rose, jacaranda and lemon fillet, marquetry with fruit trees.
STATE OF THE FURNITURE:
It arrives at the workshop with signs of damaged previous restorations, sheet metal lifted, pieces of sheet metal missing, it had been varnished with a coat of shellac and with "tapaporos" in dojo. The under-ceilings of the drawers had marks from the wear of the external guides, of the drawers, as well as the internal ones, of the chest of drawers.
RESTORATION PROCESS:
The bronzes have been dismantled, old glues have been cleaned from the lifted veneers, re-glued, missing veneer pieces redone with rosewood, chicory, lemon and mahogany; The external and internal guides have been redone with oak wood.
The synthetic varnish has been removed mechanically, it has been cleaned with fine aluminum scouring pad and alcohol to maintain the patina of the wood.
New guides and new sheet metal parts have been reintegrated, with anilines in water and alcohol. Varnished with "French-style" shellac with a mirror effect finish, letting it rest for a couple of weeks... coming back... lots of patience...
The bronzes have been cleaned and remounted.
Music: Trio nº3 op. 2: I Allegro moderato. Julien-Amable Mathieu, 1756
THONET-STYLE ROCKING CHAIR IN CURVED BEECH WOOD, MODEL 825, LATE S. 18th c BEGINNINGS 19th c.
It arrives at the workshop disfigured, broken, the varnish rotten, with the grid broken, with holes split in half and with the screws rusted and some broken.
It was quite a challenge but it was worth it!
The rocking chair is shining and useful again!
Michael Thonet (Boppard, Germany, July 2, 1796 – Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire, March 3, 1871) was a furniture builder and industrialist, pioneer of modern furniture design and creator of the wood bending technique that he experienced since 1830.
At the Koblenz fair in 1841, he met Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, who was enthusiastic about his furniture and invited him to the Viennese court, the following year, he sold his establishment and moved to Vienna where he worked in the interior decoration of the Liechtenstein Palace. He obtained a first patent in 1841 for the hot bending of wood.
In 1849 he founded the Gebrüder Thonet company near Vienna. The London International Fair of 1851 awarded him the bronze medal for his Vienna chair, which marked his international launch. At the following International Fair in Paris in 1855, he was awarded the silver medal. In 1856 he opened a new factory in Koryčany, Moravia.
In 1860 he designed his first rocking chair, which is considered his masterpiece and which is the forerunner of today's rocking chairs around the world. It is still manufactured today.
Music: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto (1901/1902)
Sehr langsam · Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan
MONOGRAPHIC MARQUETRY
Course for Adults
Targets:
Delve into the world of marquetry. The pupil will create a marquetry motif that will be glued to a wooden box.
In this process, they will learn different techniques (fret saw, shading, veneering, gluing with hot glue, stuccoing, varnishing with shellac "French polish"), tools, and products, as well as a bit of history.
Music: In the garden, Van Morrison (1986)
OLD SOLID ELM WOOD BENCH, 18th c.
It arrives at the workshop dirty, crouched and with damaged legs.
It had to be disinfected (@tratamientosgarbi)
To redo legs. Consolidate the wood of the entire bench with syringe paraloid. Fasten with wooden bolts joints weakened by the woodworm and put the real nails back.
Reintegrate with sawdust stucco and gypsum stucco the most deteriorated parts, some holes and galleries have been left visible to the owners' liking.
Varnished with shellac and wax finish.
Music: Nxnja Beats, Sensei (2023)
TALL CASE CLOCK, CATALONIA, 17th c.
DESCRIPTION:
-Wooden pine box painted imitation wood, polychrome with floral motifs and medallion at the bottom with a colored engraving with a musical scene.
-Morez watch, French, late 17th century.
Regression escape with chimney suspension.
Porcelain sphere with Roman numerals and iron and brass needles.
Sound of 4 bells, of repetition of hours. 2 weights and pendulum in the shape of a lyre, with brass lentil.
HISTORY:
This clock comes from the Ca n’Oliver farmhouse in Castellar del Vallès, 14th c.
Manor house of the Oliver family by the Catalan writer Pere Quart (Joan Oliver).
CONDITION OF THE FURNITURE:
Old xylophagus attack.
Varnish scorched by the warmth and smoke of the “fire on the ground” (typical fireplace of Catalan farmhouses).
It fell on the ground, all the joints and the moldings were unfolded, the two doors and the glasses broked, one of the doors was gnawed by the dog.
The brass frame of the sphere was bolted, the minuter needle was twisted, the pendulum's lentil opened losing lead balls. And the shaft was also twisted.
RESTORATION PROCESS:
Disassembly of all parts of the clock.
Consolidation of wood damaged by xylophagus.
Mechanically remove with scalpel of the scorched varnish from the wood imitation paint.
Cleaning of polychromy and engraving with special products.
Stuccoed in the plaster of holes and galleries of the xylophages and, cracks and blows.
Reintegration of the faults of the base of the painting and polychromy.
All clock repainted.
Made new hinges broken.
Covered from the whole box, retouched and varnished.
Disassembly of machinery.
Strengthened from the minuter needle and the pendulum axis. Closed from the lentil of the open pendulum.
Cleaning the sphere, frame, machinery, needles and pendulum.
Glass supply and placement.
Clock assembly completely, place the machinery and make it sound!
Music: Symphonie n°101 “L’Horologe” Hydn (1973-1794)