Restoration
The art and antiques industry is served by specialists in conservation and restoration to maintain and preserve items. Restorers usually focus on specific areas whether it be paintings, furniture, works of art, ceramics, antiquarian books, jewellery or taxidermy.
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5 Questions: Anthony Bridgman
29 March 2021Anthony Bridgman is head of restoration at Westland London where he has worked since the 1990s. Established by Geoff Westland in 1969, the firm deals in architectural and decorative antiques and has built one of the largest collections of antique chimney pieces in the world, with some 750 examples.
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Missing barometer brought back to life
08 March 2021A Surrey clockmaker has made a replica of a celebrated English barometer that is now lost.
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More independent condition reports requested across 2020
04 January 2021Demand for independent condition reports soared during lockdown, according to one restoration firm.
Obituary: Robert A Luck
02 November 2020Robert was born in Stirling, Scotland, in April 1943 and being always interested in design and architecture, soon got a job at Heal’s in Tottenham Court Road.
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ATG LETTER: National Trust specialist roles under threat
24 August 2020MADAM – Many of your readers will already have heard the news that the National Trust is going through a consultation process and will make up to 1200 redundancies as it expects to lose up to £200m this year.
ATG letter: Try infrared setting to see inscriptions
10 August 2020MADAM – You might suggest to Anthony Carter that he should photograph the faint inscription on his ‘fake Constable’ (Letters, ATG No 2451) with an infrared setting on a camera (often called ‘night vision’ on cameras).
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Dealer and restorer Gary Wallis launches new antiques TV programme
29 July 2020Fans of antiques TV have a new show to try.
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Design history course to be launched in County Durham this year
28 January 2020The Northern School of Art in Hartlepool, County Durham is recruiting students for a new design course.
Obituary: Porcelain restorer Ian Norman
13 January 2020I knew Ian Norman (formerly of Porcelain Repairs) for over 35 years. He was a master craftsman of repairing antique porcelain.
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Obituary: Picture restorer Sydney Bennett (1933-2019)
02 September 2019Picture restorer Sydney (Syd) Bennett passed away on August 16, aged 86.
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Obituary: Metal conservator Peter ‘Mick’ Willet
13 May 2019Peter Willet (1941-2019), known affectionately to all as Mick, has died suddenly.
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Archaeological dig at the battlefield of Waterloo wins support from Bonhams
16 July 2018Auction house Bonhams is sponsoring Waterloo Uncovered, an archaeological dig at the battlefield of Waterloo.
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Not one but two Lucian Freud paintings discovered underneath picture by Suffolk pub sign artist
02 July 2018A picture by a pub sign painter and a friend of Lucian Freud (1922-2011) found in a cellar in Suffolk actually contains not one, but two early works by the renowned artist.
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TEFAF conservation and restoration grants go to Museu Nacional de Art Antiga and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
18 December 2017The executive committee of The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has awarded a total of €50,000 to the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA), Portugal, and the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, US.
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The case of the missing eyebrow – rediscovery of 'lost' painting reveals Nelson's battle scars
13 November 2017Dealer Philip Mould has discovered a painting of Lord Nelson (1758-1805) that reveals the hero’s true war wounds that were hidden under over-paint for 100 years.
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Video showing cleaning of an early 17th century painting at Philip Mould goes viral
07 November 2017An early 17th century painting of a woman in a red dress being restored at Philip Mould’s gallery has proved a hit with Twitter fans achieving more than 53k retweets and 130k likes within hours of it being posted.
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West Dean College bolsters conservation expertise with new appointments
10 October 2017West Dean College, a centre for conservation and creative arts, has appointed two new subject leaders in clocks and metalwork.
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Dealer Bendor Grosvenor discovers Rubens' Duke of Buckingham in Glasgow
25 September 2017Dealer Bendor Grosvenor’s returning series ‘Britain’s Lost Masterpieces’ has discovered a work by Flemish artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens in a National Trust property in Glasgow.
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Grade I-listed Elizabethan manor wins Sotheby’s-sponsored restoration award
15 August 2017Glynde Place in East Sussex has won the 2017 Historic Houses Association Restoration Award, sponsored by auction firm Sotheby’s.
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Three projects awarded TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund for 2017
16 January 2017The Musée Rodin and the Detroit Institute of Arts have been awarded the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund for conservation.
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