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Restoration Services

RSF offers professional conservation and restoration services for a wide range of artworks such as:

 

 

The type of intervention depends on the condition of each piece and is subject to a preliminary inspection and assessment in our studio. Photos of the pieces can be sent beforehand to have a first glimpse at the overall piece’s condition, but a thorough inspection and assessment must be done in our studio with the help of the analysis tools and machines from our scientific laboratory in order to define the proper recommended treatment.

 

The condition report and corresponding treatment proposal detailing the steps of works is then discussed with the owner to make sure the intervention corresponds to his request and expectations before starting the actual work on the pieces.

Photos of the artworks are taken before, during and after the intervention and are included in both the treatment proposal and the restoration reports sent at the end of the treatment to the owner.

 

All our interventions intend to be seamless, minimal and reversible to ensure the integrity of the artwork and the artist’s original intention as well as the owner’s requirements

Paintings

RSF provides conservation and restoration services for paintings of all sizes, types, period and styles, from Western to Asian style or any other region in the world; traditional, modern or contemporary; on a wide range of supports like canvas, wood, stone, metal… and for all types of paint like oil, acrylic, watercolor. Frames can also be restored if needed. Depending on the piece’s requirements, conservation treatment interventions can include steps such as:

 

- Surface cleaning (dust, dirt, grime, alien deposits, yellowed varnish…)

- Old restoration removal

- Tears repairs on canvas (holes, tears, canvas distortion…)

- Structural repairs (canvas, wood, metal support repairs, relining, patching …)

- Consolidation and stabilization of the paint layers

- Retouching

- Varnish protection

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Classic European Painting

– All mediums, all periods, all styles –

 

 - Surface cleaning

 - Varnish removal

 - Tear, cracks, holes repairs

 - Consolidation of lifting and flaking paint

 - Reintegration of missing paint areas

 - Structural reinforcement, relining, canvas re-stretching, Framing restabilization

 - X-ray imaging

 - UV analysis

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Thai Painting

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Wall Painting

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Paper, Prints, Photography

RSF offers conservation and restoration services for different types of works on paper, such as drawings, pastels, watercolors, inks, prints, posters, documents or photographs and has worked on modern, contemporary and antique pieces over the years. Frames can also be restored if needed. Depending on the piece’s requirements, conservation treatment interventions can include steps such as:

 

- Surface cleaning (dust, dirt, grime, alien deposits, water stains, overpaint …)

- Backing removal, adhesive residues and relining

- Creases and folds flattening

- Tears repairs and inserts (holes, tears …)

- Discoloration, foxing or mold treatment

- Isolation from humidity

- Retouching

- Varnish protection

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Frames and gilt ornaments

RSF provides conservation and restoration services for all sorts of frames; antiques, modern, wood, gesso, gold or silver leaf… From the simplest frame to complex carved gilt frames and ornaments. Depending on the piece’s requirements, conservation treatment interventions can include steps such as:

 

- Surface cleaning (dust, dirt, grime, alien deposits, oxidation, overpaint…)

- Breaks repairs (holes, breaks, cracks…)

- Scratches, burns, soot or heat damage treatment

- Replica and reintegration of missing pieces or elements

- Structural repairs and consolidation (loose joints, caning…)

- Retouching

- Polishing, varnishing or waxing

Frames and gilt ornaments

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 - Surface cleaning

 - Consolidation

 - Cleaning

 - Repair of broken pieces

 - Restoration of original gilded surfaces

 - Re-gilding and antiquing

Gilding

 - Cleaning

 - Regilding and antiquing

 - Lai Rod Nam technique

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Sculptures

RSF provides conservation and restoration services for sculptures of numerous type or style, from all over the world; traditional, modern or contemporary; made of a wide range of materials such as wood, stone, terracotta, plaster, resin, bronze, gold etc. Depending on the piece’s requirements, conservation treatment interventions can include steps such as:

 

- Surface cleaning (dust, dirt, grime, alien deposits, oxidation, overpaint…)

- Old restoration removal

- Breaks repairs (holes, breaks, cracks…)

- Scratches, burns, soot stains or heat damage treatment

- Missing pieces or elements reproduction and reintegration

- Structural repairs and consolidation

- Retouching

- Varnish or wax protection

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 - Surface cleaning

 - Repair of broken/missing pieces

 - Refinishing of damaged surfaces

 - X-ray imaging

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Antiques / Decorative Arts & Objects

RSF offers conservation and restoration services for antiques and decorative arts and objects of a wide range of type, origin, period or style. We can work on pieces made of a wide range of materials such as ceramic, glass, wood, lacquer, stone, metal, terracotta, plaster, resin, bone, leather. Depending on the piece’s requirements, conservation treatment interventions can include steps such as:

 

- Surface cleaning (dust, dirt, grime, alien deposits, oxidation, overpaint…)

- Breaks repairs (holes, breaks, cracks…)

- Scratches, burns, soot or heat damage treatment

- Replica and reintegration of missing pieces or elements

- Structural repairs and consolidation

- Retouching

- Varnish or wax protection

Textile

- Cleaning

- Consolidation

- Replacement of missing pieces

- Refinishing of damaged surfaces

Ceramic

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Bone Sculptures

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Ceramic brick

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Ivory

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Lacquerware

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Thai Manuscripts

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Metal

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Wooden Mask

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Furnitures

RSF provides conservation and restoration services for furniture pieces of a wide range of type or style; antique, classic, vintage, modern or contemporary; made of a wide range of materials such as wood, metal, cane, plastic…

Gilding, lacquer, inlays, marquetery, veneer are also amongst the types of materials usually found on furniture pieces that can be taken care of by our service.

 

Depending on the piece’s requirements, conservation treatment interventions can include steps such as:

 

- Surface cleaning (dust, dirt, grime, alien deposits, oxidation, overpaint…)

- Breaks repairs (holes, breaks, cracks…)

- Scratches, burns, soot or heat damage treatment

- Replica and reintegration of missing pieces or elements

- Structural repairs and consolidation (loose joints, caning…)

- Retouching

- Polishing, varnishing or waxing

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Thai Furniture

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