RESTORATION OF WOODEN AND GILT ARTIFACTS

In this type of material, we recognize:

• Wooden sculptures
• Paintings on wood
• Carved and inlaid furniture
• Wooden objects covered with silver and gold foils

The polychrome wooden statue represents the typical expression of the cult from the thirteenth century until the Renaissance. Painting on panels was already popular in ancient Greece, Rome and Ancient Egypt, even if in the Byzantine world this kind of painting had a great diffusion and returned to be popular in Europe in the twelfth century. Between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Italy there was the golden age of painting on wood. In the fifteenth century, with the Humanism and the Renaissance, the traditional patterns were overcome: the gold background disappears and remains only occasionally for light objects such as processional banners. The carved and inlaid wood has a long history through the artistic technique in which ornaments are made in groove or relief on wooden surfaces. The carved objects can be painted or gilded directly or after being covered with a layer of cloth or gypsum. You can also leave the wood with its natural appearance merely polishing it. Gilt objects such as picture frames and sacred elements reflect the style and taste of the period and are enriched by the quality of their finish.

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