This lacquered wooden chest features one painted lacquered side and three sides adorned with applied mosaics, including mirror mosaic and shell tiles. The chest, belonging to a private client, arrived in a significantly deteriorated condition, exhibiting multiple losses and surface accretions.
The client’s primary request was for stabilisation and cleaning, to restore the chest as a decorative element for interior use.
Treatment Included:
- Stabilisation of the lid
- Cleaning and treating corroded hardware
- Cleaning and consolidating the glass mirror tesserae
- Cleaning shell tesserae
- Cleaning and consolidation of the lacquer
- Infills and retouching