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Antique Furniture
- Antique desk restoration: reviving writing slopes & bureau care
- Antique furniture: how to prevent accidental damage
- Antique furniture: wood types and risks following water damage
- Caring for high value upholstery: professional cleaning and damage prevention
- Chest of drawers restoration: reviving antique bureaus and dressers
- Grandfather clock restoration: pendulums, cases & faces
- How to identify antique furniture from Tudor and baroque to mid-century modern
- Identifying Chippendale furniture: understanding the influence & design style of Thomas Chippendale
- Marquetry restoration: reassembling intricate wooden designs
- Meet our furniture restoration specialist Dean
- Post-war furniture revival: mid century modern care & period appropriate restoration
- Sourcing era-appropriate repairs: historically accurate furniture restoration
- Traditional furniture finishes: historically accurate polish, wax and stains
- Traditional furniture restoration: materials, treatments and finishes
- Trinket boxes and treasure chests: restoring decorative receptacles
Artists
- A clear view: British landscape painting restoration
- Banksy on paper: protecting contemporary prints
- Baroque blemishes: restoring 18th century portraits
- Bountiful birds: restoring driftwood bird sculptures by Guy Taplin
- Curious cat prints and ceramics: the life and art of Louis Wain
- Famous Cotswolds artists: inspired by an area of outstanding natural beauty
- Famous Cumbrian artists: inspired by the Lake District
- Famous Kent artists: inspired by the garden of England
- From Regency to Victorian: 19th century portrait styles & restoration
- Hyperrealism restoration: caring for photorealistic contemporary paintings
- Identifying Chippendale furniture: understanding the influence & design style of Thomas Chippendale
- Japanese woodblock conservation: specialist methods for distinctive prints
- Lace collars & cavaliers: 17th century portrait conservation
- More than a vase of flowers: still life painting restoration & interpretation
- Out of the shadows: chiaroscuro painting restoration
- Pop art preservation: restoring Warhol prints
- Saddle up: the history and restoration of horses in art
- Setting sail: a voyage of nautical painting conservation
- The grand genre: classical history painting restoration
Artwork Analysis
- Does my painting have hidden features?
- Does the price of an artwork reflect restoration costs?
- Out of the shadows: chiaroscuro painting restoration
- Preserving authenticity: how to protect signatures and autographed artworks
- Professional painting assessment: condition reports
- Professional painting assessment: cross section analysis
- Professional painting assessment: pigment analysis
- Professional painting assessment: technical photography
Case Studies
- £35M of artwork saved following fire
- 8 amazing foxing before and after examples
- 8000 Items restored after severe property damage
- A guide to professional valuations for art collections
- A New Hope: the restoration of beloved Star Wars poster
- A remarkable restoration for Mr Stoddart’s family painting
- Ackergill Tower restoration saves 270 paintings
- Art and collectible wealth reaches $1.74 trillion
- Banksy’s early artworks in Glasgow restored live
- Before and after ceramic repairs
- Bringing bright skies back to a 19th century mural at Westonbirt School
- British art dealers frustrated by new money laundering rules
- Cartography conservation: restoring maps and historic geography
- Case Study: 19th Century Chess Board Restoration
- Case Study: A Tablet of Two Halves
- Case Study: How mishandling an oil painting caused a 15 inch tear
- Case Study: how to reattach a torn part of a painting
- Case Study: How we tackled tears, full lining, past restoration and a lot of dirt
- Case Study: Local history saved from the shed
- Case Study: Mrs Harrison’s Dutch painting
- Case Study: One vintage ashtray in ten broken parts
- Case study: repairing a pottery statue smashed into 13 pieces
- Case Study: Restoring a 1940 Army Beret
- Case Study: Restoring a damaged bird sculpture
- Case Study: Righting restoration wrongs – how a tear repair should actually look…
- Case Study: Smooth sailing ahead
- Case Study: the ceramic dog and rabbit
- Case Study: the clay elephant in the room
- Case Study: Treating acid damage in a watercolour painting
- Case study: Water damaged Nain Persian rug
- Ceramic repair case study: broken legs and a lost lamb
- Complex claims – when our expertise extends beyond restoration
- Conservation funding: achieving the restoration of culturally significant artworks
- Environmental threats to artwork and fine furniture
- Favourite restoration projects of 2021
- Fire damaged specialist contents – looking beyond the obvious damage
- Flood damage at St. Peters Church: restoring ecclesiastical collections following a disaster
- From chess sets to trunks: our most unusual restorations
- How the way artwork is created may cause issues in the future
- How to act when artworks are damaged in transit
- How to care for wooden objects
- How to restore paintings with missing pieces
- How to restore pastel paintings
- Lake District painting returns home
- Masonic tracing board restoration: protecting and preserving Freemason art
- Mater Admirabilis restoration: caring for Catholic school art
- Meet our conservator Martha
- Meet our frames conservator Wiktor
- Meet our Painting Conservator Aleksandra
- Meet our paintings conservator Monica
- Oil painting or oleograph?– how to tell the difference
- Pastels and chalks: the conservation of delicate artworks on paper
- Protecting glass: a versatile yet fragile material
- Restoration beyond ability leading to devaluing of artworks
- Restoration of a papier-mâché tiger
- Restoring a remarkable portrait for St. Mary’s Church in Wreay, Cumbria
- Restoring Mr Peers’ ancestral painting
- Restoring Mrs Pownall’s water damaged painting
- Stratfield Saye – Home of the Duke of Wellington
- The Grand Canal looking east from the Carità towards the Bacino (after Canaletto)
- The hidden value of ceramics
- The history and restoration of Chinese panel art
- The perils and pitfalls of underinsured artworks
- The restoration of a World War Two map
- Top 5 acid-stained artwork restorations
- Water-damaged artworks – how the insurer and supply chain can reduce claim costs
- Welcome to the Fine Art Restoration Company’s London Studio
- What does the future hold for the art industry after coronavirus
- What to do when artworks are damaged in transit
- Wooden games: restoring traditional pastimes
Ceramics
- Baked earth: terracotta care and professional restoration
- Before and after ceramic repairs
- Bountiful birds: restoring driftwood bird sculptures by Guy Taplin
- Case Study: 19th Century Chess Board Restoration
- Case Study: A Tablet of Two Halves
- Case Study: One vintage ashtray in ten broken parts
- Case Study: the ceramic dog and rabbit
- Case Study: the clay elephant in the room
- Ceramic repair case study: broken legs and a lost lamb
- Ivory
- Martin Brothers stoneware conservation: restoring whimsical creatures and wally birds
- Meissen’s white gold: protecting and restoring valuable porcelain
- Preventing shattered antiques: How to pack, store and safely transport ceramics
- Protecting glass: a versatile yet fragile material
- Stone surfaces: professional granite and marble restoration
- The hidden value of ceramics
- The restoration process for ceramics
- The risks facing open air sculptures in the UK
- What to do if your artwork is damaged in transit
Collection Care
- Art gallery services: professional care, advice and treatments for commercial and specialist art galleries
- Auction houses: professional conservation as a sales tool
- Church artwork conservation services: care and preservation for ecclesiastical collections
- Conservation architects: how we can help
- Conservation funding: achieving the restoration of culturally significant artworks
- Flood damage at St. Peters Church: restoring ecclesiastical collections following a disaster
- Historic house conservation: professional services for culturally important collections & estates
- Hotel artwork collections: specialist restoration, framing and maintenance services
- Lifestyle management consultants: conservation advice and fine art restoration services
- Mater Admirabilis restoration: caring for Catholic school art
- Preserving military collections: professional restoration & protective displays
- Protecting and preserving school collections
- Restoring a remarkable portrait for St. Mary’s Church in Wreay, Cumbria
- Reviving Rubens: restoring altarpiece paintings for Farnborough Abbey
- The restoration of a Victorian mural at Westonbirt School: a case study for conservation architects
Contemporary Art
- Banksy on paper: protecting contemporary prints
- City sculpture trail restoration: bringing life back to unique street art
- Free flowing paintings: how to save acrylic pour art
- Hyperrealism restoration: caring for photorealistic contemporary paintings
- Inadequately prepped paintings: how to save a failing artwork
- Non-fungible tokens & the digital future of art conservation
- Pop art preservation: restoring Warhol prints
- Protection and preservation of street art
Digital Restoration
Education & Training
- Botched art restorations: how would a professional restore these famous disasters?
- Different routes into art restoration: meet our conservation interns Robert, Ruth and Tom
- Meet our frames conservator Wiktor
- Meet our Painting Conservator Aleksandra
- Meet our paintings conservator Monica
- Preserving careers in conservation: how can our interns benefit your restoration project?
- The path to becoming a conservator and an internship experience
- Welcome to the Fine Art Restoration Company’s London Studio
Frames
- Can frame quality affect watercolours?
- Caring for decorative gilded frames
- Framing large and heavy artworks or specialist items: what to consider
- Gilded reflections: antique mirror frame restoration & care
- Gilding care: how to protect gold leaf embellishments on frames, furniture and interiors
- Is your frame damaging your artwork?
- Meet our frames conservator Wiktor
- Protecting artworks with glazing
- Removing backing boards from paper artworks: watercolours, prints, documents & more
Gilding
Guides and advice
- 8 amazing foxing before and after examples
- 8 ways to secure your painting before restoration
- A clear view: British landscape painting restoration
- A guide to professional valuations for art collections
- Antique desk restoration: reviving writing slopes & bureau care
- Antique furniture: how to prevent accidental damage
- Art deco restoration: reviving artwork & designs from the roaring twenties
- Art gallery services: professional care, advice and treatments for commercial and specialist art galleries
- Auction houses: professional conservation as a sales tool
- Baked earth: terracotta care and professional restoration
- Banksy on paper: protecting contemporary prints
- Baroque blemishes: restoring 18th century portraits
- Botched art restorations: how would a professional restore these famous disasters?
- Bountiful birds: restoring driftwood bird sculptures by Guy Taplin
- Bronze sculpture restoration: history, craftsmanship & conservation care
- Can a cracked oil painting be repaired?
- Can a poor picture frame damage an oil painting?
- Can a previously restored painting be restored again?
- Can watercolour paintings be restored?
- Can you fix a ripped oil painting?
- Can you hang an oil painting in sunlight?
- Can you paint over varnished paintings?
- Caring for antique textiles
- Caring for decorative gilded frames
- Caring for high value upholstery: professional cleaning and damage prevention
- Caring for metal antiques and sculptures
- Case Study: How mishandling an oil painting caused a 15 inch tear
- Case Study: Restoring a 1940 Army Beret
- Case study: Water damaged Nain Persian rug
- Charming carpets: antique and contemporary rug care
- Chest of drawers restoration: reviving antique bureaus and dressers
- Church artwork conservation services: care and preservation for ecclesiastical collections
- Cinema memorabilia rescue: how to save damaged posters and lobby cards
- City sculpture trail restoration: bringing life back to unique street art
- Cleaning a watercolour painting
- Cleaning the back of an oil painting
- Common damage to watercolour paintings
- Common issues with contemporary paintings
- Common problems that affect oil paintings
- Conservation architects: how we can help
- Conservation funding: achieving the restoration of culturally significant artworks
- Curious cat prints and ceramics: the life and art of Louis Wain
- Different routes into art restoration: meet our conservation interns Robert, Ruth and Tom
- Does my painting have hidden features?
- Does the price of an artwork reflect restoration costs?
- Electronic preservation: digital restoration of important photographs
- Famous Cotswolds artists: inspired by an area of outstanding natural beauty
- Famous Cumbrian artists: inspired by the Lake District
- Famous Kent artists: inspired by the garden of England
- Fascinating flora: botanical illustration care & restoration
- Favourite restoration projects of 2021
- Flaking, cupping and tenting: common issues with an oil painting’s paint layer
- Flood damage at St. Peters Church: restoring ecclesiastical collections following a disaster
- Framing large and heavy artworks or specialist items: what to consider
- Free flowing paintings: how to save acrylic pour art
- From Regency to Victorian: 19th century portrait styles & restoration
- Gilded reflections: antique mirror frame restoration & care
- Gilding care: how to protect gold leaf embellishments on frames, furniture and interiors
- Grandfather clock restoration: pendulums, cases & faces
- Historic house conservation: professional services for culturally important collections & estates
- Hotel artwork collections: specialist restoration, framing and maintenance services
- How can the way an artwork is created lead to restoration?
- How do I clean my oil painting?
- How do I flatten my watercolour?
- How do I get rid of foxing?
- How do you clean oil paintings at home?
- How to clean an oil painting on panel
- How to identify antique furniture from Tudor and baroque to mid-century modern
- How to light your artwork
- How to look after your painting
- How to protect paintings from dust
- How to protect your paintings from damage
- How to protect your watercolour painting
- How to re-mould missing parts of a picture frame
- How to remove spillages and stains on oil paintings
- How to restore miniature portraits
- How to restore oil paintings on copper
- How to restore your watercolour: the treatments
- How to save a flood damaged painting
- How to store and display your artwork
- How to store paintings at home
- How to treat foxing in a watercolour
- How to treat tenting paint
- How we saved a collection of etchings
- Hyperrealism restoration: caring for photorealistic contemporary paintings
- Identifying Chippendale furniture: understanding the influence & design style of Thomas Chippendale
- Inadequately prepped paintings: how to save a failing artwork
- Is your frame damaging your artwork?
- Ivory
- Lace collars & cavaliers: 17th century portrait conservation
- Lifestyle management consultants: conservation advice and fine art restoration services
- Looking after taxidermy: how to protect natural history
- Marquetry restoration: reassembling intricate wooden designs
- Martin Brothers stoneware conservation: restoring whimsical creatures and wally birds
- Masonic tracing board restoration: protecting and preserving Freemason art
- Mater Admirabilis restoration: caring for Catholic school art
- Meet our frames conservator Wiktor
- Meet our furniture restoration specialist Dean
- Meissen’s white gold: protecting and restoring valuable porcelain
- Memorabilia and collectibles – are they covered by insurance?
- Mesmerising mezzotints: the restoration & safe display of antique prints
- Minimising mould risk for artworks
- More than a vase of flowers: still life painting restoration & interpretation
- Mould and infestations in watercolour paintings
- Mould in oil paintings
- Non-fungible tokens & the digital future of art conservation
- Online art auctions: what to look for when you buy online
- Our best restorations of 2020
- Out of the shadows: chiaroscuro painting restoration
- Papier-mâché preservation: restoring unconventional artworks
- Photography restoration: protecting and reviving moments from the past
- Pop art preservation: restoring Warhol prints
- Post-war furniture revival: mid century modern care & period appropriate restoration
- Preserving authenticity: how to protect signatures and autographed artworks
- Preserving careers in conservation: how can our interns benefit your restoration project?
- Preserving military collections: professional restoration & protective displays
- Preventing shattered antiques: How to pack, store and safely transport ceramics
- Professional painting assessment: condition reports
- Professional painting assessment: cross section analysis
- Professional painting assessment: pigment analysis
- Professional painting assessment: technical photography
- Protecting a painting from sunlight
- Protecting and preserving school collections
- Protecting artworks with glazing
- Protecting paintings on panel: reducing risks and repairs
- Protection and preservation of street art
- Restoring a remarkable portrait for St. Mary’s Church in Wreay, Cumbria
- Restoring a water damaged oil painting
- Restoring oil paintings
- Restoring paintings with impasto
- Reviving Rubens: restoring altarpiece paintings for Farnborough Abbey
- Saddle up: the history and restoration of horses in art
- Setting sail: a voyage of nautical painting conservation
- Should paintings be restored?
- Signs of water damage in an oil painting
- Six common causes of frame restoration
- Sourcing era-appropriate repairs: historically accurate furniture restoration
- Stone surfaces: professional granite and marble restoration
- Strip-lining an oil painting: how, why and when is it needed?
- Tears, punctures and missing canvas: structural problems with paintings
- The 4 steps to assessing an oil painting
- The grand genre: classical history painting restoration
- The history and restoration of Chinese panel art
- The path to becoming a conservator and an internship experience
- The perils of inadequate storage for artworks
- The restoration of a Victorian mural at Westonbirt School: a case study for conservation architects
- The restoration process for ceramics
- The risks facing open air sculptures in the UK
- Top 5 acid-stained artwork restorations
- Torn paper restoration: watercolours, prints, maps and more
- Traditional furniture finishes: historically accurate polish, wax and stains
- Traditional furniture restoration: materials, treatments and finishes
- Trinket boxes and treasure chests: restoring decorative receptacles
- Using Japanese tissue on an oil painting
- Waxwork wonders: restoring and preserving unique wax sculptures
- What can cleaning a painting uncover?
- What do you put on a finished oil painting?
- What does ‘lining’ an oil painting mean and when is it needed?
- What is overpainting and how can it be fixed?
- What to do if your artwork is damaged in transit
- What to do if your artworks are fire damaged
- What to do if your oil painting becomes water-damaged
- What type of artwork damage can be restored?
- Why do my paintings look dull?
- Will surface cleaning damage my oil painting?
- Wooden games: restoring traditional pastimes
History Of Art
- A clear view: British landscape painting restoration
- Art deco restoration: reviving artwork & designs from the roaring twenties
- Baked earth: terracotta care and professional restoration
- Baroque blemishes: restoring 18th century portraits
- Botched art restorations: how would a professional restore these famous disasters?
- Bringing bright skies back to a 19th century mural at Westonbirt School
- Curious cat prints and ceramics: the life and art of Louis Wain
- Famous Cotswolds artists: inspired by an area of outstanding natural beauty
- Famous Cumbrian artists: inspired by the Lake District
- Famous Kent artists: inspired by the garden of England
- From Regency to Victorian: 19th century portrait styles & restoration
- Hyperrealism restoration: caring for photorealistic contemporary paintings
- Inadequately prepped paintings: how to save a failing artwork
- Japanese woodblock conservation: specialist methods for distinctive prints
- Lace collars & cavaliers: 17th century portrait conservation
- Martin Brothers stoneware conservation: restoring whimsical creatures and wally birds
- Masonic tracing board restoration: protecting and preserving Freemason art
- Mater Admirabilis restoration: caring for Catholic school art
- Mesmerising mezzotints: the restoration & safe display of antique prints
- More than a vase of flowers: still life painting restoration & interpretation
- Papier-mâché preservation: restoring unconventional artworks
- Photography restoration: protecting and reviving moments from the past
- Pop art preservation: restoring Warhol prints
- Protecting paintings on panel: reducing risks and repairs
- Saddle up: the history and restoration of horses in art
- Setting sail: a voyage of nautical painting conservation
- The grand genre: classical history painting restoration
- The history and restoration of Chinese panel art
- Trinket boxes and treasure chests: restoring decorative receptacles
- Waxwork wonders: restoring and preserving unique wax sculptures
Latest News
- ‘Snorting Copper’ by Banksy restored by Fine Art Restoration Company
- £1 million painting used as kitchen noticeboard
- £100,000 masterpiece discovered in Lancashire church
- £35M of artwork saved following fire
- 10 restoration highlights from 2019!
- 2500 year old cave paintings restored
- A clear view: British landscape painting restoration
- A New Hope: the restoration of beloved Star Wars poster
- Antique desk restoration: reviving writing slopes & bureau care
- Antique furniture: how to prevent accidental damage
- Antique furniture: wood types and risks following water damage
- Art collector sued by the museum he donated to
- Art deco restoration: reviving artwork & designs from the roaring twenties
- Art gallery services: professional care, advice and treatments for commercial and specialist art galleries
- Assessing the condition of watercolours
- Auction houses: professional conservation as a sales tool
- Baked earth: terracotta care and professional restoration
- Banksy on paper: protecting contemporary prints
- Banksy’s early artworks in Glasgow restored live
- Baroque blemishes: restoring 18th century portraits
- Botched art restorations: how would a professional restore these famous disasters?
- Bountiful birds: restoring driftwood bird sculptures by Guy Taplin
- Boy punches hole In $1.5 million painting
- Bringing 3D printing to oil painting
- Bringing bright skies back to a 19th century mural at Westonbirt School
- Bronze sculpture restoration: history, craftsmanship & conservation care
- Can a cracked oil painting be repaired?
- Can frame quality affect watercolours?
- Can watercolour paintings be restored?
- Can you fix a ripped oil painting?
- Can you hang an oil painting in sunlight?
- Can you paint over varnished paintings?
- Caring for antique textiles
- Caring for decorative gilded frames
- Caring for high value upholstery: professional cleaning and damage prevention
- Caring for metal antiques and sculptures
- Cartography conservation: restoring maps and historic geography
- Case study: Water damaged Nain Persian rug
- Charming carpets: antique and contemporary rug care
- Chest of drawers restoration: reviving antique bureaus and dressers
- Church artwork conservation services: care and preservation for ecclesiastical collections
- Cinema memorabilia rescue: how to save damaged posters and lobby cards
- City sculpture trail restoration: bringing life back to unique street art
- Common types of damage to watercolours
- Conservation architects: how we can help
- Conservation funding: achieving the restoration of culturally significant artworks
- Curious cat prints and ceramics: the life and art of Louis Wain
- Da Vinci? No! It’s Sally from the Co-op
- Different routes into art restoration: meet our conservation interns Robert, Ruth and Tom
- Does my painting have hidden features?
- Does the price of an artwork reflect restoration costs?
- Electronic preservation: digital restoration of important photographs
- Fake Picasso painting for sale
- Famous Cotswolds artists: inspired by an area of outstanding natural beauty
- Famous Cumbrian artists: inspired by the Lake District
- Famous Kent artists: inspired by the garden of England
- Fascinating flora: botanical illustration care & restoration
- Favourite restoration projects of 2021
- Float washing watercolours
- Flood damage at St. Peters Church: restoring ecclesiastical collections following a disaster
- Framing large and heavy artworks or specialist items: what to consider
- Free flowing paintings: how to save acrylic pour art
- From chess sets to trunks: our most unusual restorations
- From Regency to Victorian: 19th century portrait styles & restoration
- Fundraising drive to restore 17th century painting
- Gilded reflections: antique mirror frame restoration & care
- Gilding care: how to protect gold leaf embellishments on frames, furniture and interiors
- Give the gift of restoration
- Grandfather clock restoration: pendulums, cases & faces
- Historic house conservation: professional services for culturally important collections & estates
- Historical painting saved thanks to grant
- History of the self portrait
- Hotel artwork collections: specialist restoration, framing and maintenance services
- How do I get rid of foxing?
- How do you clean oil paintings at home?
- How to identify antique furniture from Tudor and baroque to mid-century modern
- How to prevent silverfish paper damage
- How to protect paintings from dust
- How to protect paintings from smoke and fire damage
- How to protect paper from damage
- How to protect your paintings from damage
- How to safely package artworks
- How to save a flood damaged painting
- How to store paintings at home
- Hyperrealism restoration: caring for photorealistic contemporary paintings
- Iconic painting details revealed after restoration
- Identifying Chippendale furniture: understanding the influence & design style of Thomas Chippendale
- Impact of displaying paintings above fireplaces
- Inadequately prepped paintings: how to save a failing artwork
- Interesting and unique restorations from 2018
- Is your frame damaging your artwork?
- Ivory
- Japanese woodblock conservation: specialist methods for distinctive prints
- Lace collars & cavaliers: 17th century portrait conservation
- Lifestyle management consultants: conservation advice and fine art restoration services
- Lock of Mozart’s hair sells for over double its estimate, AGAIN!
- Looking after taxidermy: how to protect natural history
- Marquetry restoration: reassembling intricate wooden designs
- Martin Brothers stoneware conservation: restoring whimsical creatures and wally birds
- Masonic tracing board restoration: protecting and preserving Freemason art
- Mater Admirabilis restoration: caring for Catholic school art
- Meet our frames conservator Wiktor
- Meet our furniture restoration specialist Dean
- Meet our Painting Conservator Aleksandra
- Meet our paintings conservator Monica
- Meet the puppy sniffing out infestations in artworks
- Meissen’s white gold: protecting and restoring valuable porcelain
- Memorabilia and collectibles – are they covered by insurance?
- Mesmerising mezzotints: the restoration & safe display of antique prints
- Miniature restoration: protecting diminutive and diverse portraiture
- Minimising mould risk for artworks
- More than a vase of flowers: still life painting restoration & interpretation
- New Titian painting discovered
- Non-fungible tokens & the digital future of art conservation
- Online art auctions: what to look for when you buy online
- Only 5% of the world’s artworks will survive the next 100 years
- Our best restorations of 2020
- Out of the shadows: chiaroscuro painting restoration
- Over £100,000 of very rare marine etchings saved
- Painting damaged due to broken air-conditioning
- Papier-mâché preservation: restoring unconventional artworks
- Pastels and chalks: the conservation of delicate artworks on paper
- Pensioner unknowingly harbours stolen paintings
- Photography restoration: protecting and reviving moments from the past
- Picasso painting seized
- Pop art preservation: restoring Warhol prints
- Post-war furniture revival: mid century modern care & period appropriate restoration
- Preserving authenticity: how to protect signatures and autographed artworks
- Preserving careers in conservation: how can our interns benefit your restoration project?
- Preserving military collections: professional restoration & protective displays
- Preventing shattered antiques: How to pack, store and safely transport ceramics
- Professional painting assessment: condition reports
- Professional painting assessment: cross section analysis
- Professional painting assessment: pigment analysis
- Professional painting assessment: technical photography
- Protecting a painting from sunlight
- Protecting and preserving school collections
- Protecting artworks with glazing
- Protecting glass: a versatile yet fragile material
- Protecting paintings on panel: reducing risks and repairs
- Protection and preservation of street art
- Removing backing boards from paper artworks: watercolours, prints, documents & more
- Removing backing sheets from watercolours with steam
- Repairing a tear in a watercolour
- Restoring a remarkable portrait for St. Mary’s Church in Wreay, Cumbria
- Reviving Rubens: restoring altarpiece paintings for Farnborough Abbey
- Rothko painting vandalised
- Saddle up: the history and restoration of horses in art
- Setting sail: a voyage of nautical painting conservation
- Should paintings be restored?
- Sourcing era-appropriate repairs: historically accurate furniture restoration
- Stone surfaces: professional granite and marble restoration
- The arts, the internet and COVID-19
- The Grand Canal looking east from the Carità towards the Bacino (after Canaletto)
- The grand genre: classical history painting restoration
- The hidden value of ceramics
- The history and restoration of Chinese panel art
- The living Mona Lisa
- The path to becoming a conservator and an internship experience
- The perils of inadequate storage for artworks
- The Queen’s restorers discover a man relieving himself in painting
- The restoration of a Victorian mural at Westonbirt School: a case study for conservation architects
- The restoration of a World War Two map
- The risks facing open air sculptures in the UK
- Traditional furniture finishes: historically accurate polish, wax and stains
- Traditional furniture restoration: materials, treatments and finishes
- Trinket boxes and treasure chests: restoring decorative receptacles
- Washing watercolours to remove contamination and staining
- Waxwork wonders: restoring and preserving unique wax sculptures
- Welcome to the Fine Art Restoration Company’s London Studio
- What do you put on a finished oil painting?
- What items can we restore?
- Why do my paintings look dull?
- Wooden games: restoring traditional pastimes
Modern & Contemporary Furniture
- Caring for high value upholstery: professional cleaning and damage prevention
- How to identify antique furniture from Tudor and baroque to mid-century modern
- Meet our furniture restoration specialist Dean
- Post-war furniture revival: mid century modern care & period appropriate restoration
- Sourcing era-appropriate repairs: historically accurate furniture restoration
- Traditional furniture restoration: materials, treatments and finishes
Murals & Street Art
- Banksy on paper: protecting contemporary prints
- Bringing bright skies back to a 19th century mural at Westonbirt School
- City sculpture trail restoration: bringing life back to unique street art
- Protection and preservation of street art
- The restoration of a Victorian mural at Westonbirt School: a case study for conservation architects
Oil Paintings
- 8 ways to secure your painting before restoration
- A clear view: British landscape painting restoration
- A guide to professional valuations for art collections
- A remarkable restoration for Mr Stoddart’s family painting
- Baroque blemishes: restoring 18th century portraits
- Can a poor picture frame damage an oil painting?
- Can a previously restored painting be restored again?
- Can you fix a ripped oil painting?
- Can you hang an oil painting in sunlight?
- Can you paint over varnished paintings?
- Case Study: How mishandling an oil painting caused a 15 inch tear
- Case Study: How we tackled tears, full lining, past restoration and a lot of dirt
- Case Study: Local history saved from the shed
- Case Study: Mrs Harrison’s Dutch painting
- Case Study: Smooth sailing ahead
- Cleaning the back of an oil painting
- Common issues with contemporary paintings
- Common problems that affect oil paintings
- Conservation funding: achieving the restoration of culturally significant artworks
- Does my painting have hidden features?
- Flaking, cupping and tenting: common issues with an oil painting’s paint layer
- From Regency to Victorian: 19th century portrait styles & restoration
- How can the way an artwork is created lead to restoration?
- How do I clean my oil painting?
- How do you clean oil paintings at home?
- How to clean an oil painting on panel
- How to protect paintings from dust
- How to protect your paintings from damage
- How to remove spillages and stains on oil paintings
- How to restore oil paintings on copper
- How to save a flood damaged painting
- How to treat tenting paint
- Hyperrealism restoration: caring for photorealistic contemporary paintings
- Impact of displaying paintings above fireplaces
- Inadequately prepped paintings: how to save a failing artwork
- Lace collars & cavaliers: 17th century portrait conservation
- Lake District painting returns home
- Masonic tracing board restoration: protecting and preserving Freemason art
- Mater Admirabilis restoration: caring for Catholic school art
- Minimising mould risk for artworks
- More than a vase of flowers: still life painting restoration & interpretation
- Mould in oil paintings
- Oleographs: what are they, and can they be restored?
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