Antique Restoration
New Features on Our Website
As part of the exciting launch of Farcroft Restoration Group’s new website, we have added over forty new pages of content to fully showcase the complete range of our restoration services. Please read on to learn more about these services. Farcroft Restoration Group can project manage complete works of building restoration alongside their renowned highly […]
Triumph or Travesty? The Controversial Restoration of the Sistine Chapel
The frescoes of the Sistine Chapel together make up one of the most significant works of art in the world. Their conservation-restoration between 1980 and 1994 was one of the most significant conservation-restorations of the 20th century, and perhaps ever. But it was not without its controversies. To say that the work divided opinion among […]
The Restoration of Huysmans at Wrest Park
At the Farcroft Group, we are passionate about the need to preserve and protect our cultural heritage through the conservation and careful restoration of historic and important works of art. We are not alone in our drive to see the country’s most beautiful and notable artworks brought back to their best; across the country there are […]
Rediscovering a Masterpiece: Everhard Jabach and His Family (1618-1695)
Charles Le Brun’s grand painting of Everhard Jabach IV and his family has come to be known as one of the most important and celebrated group portraits of the 17th century. Today, it is one of the signature pieces of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is displayed in its New York […]
Oil Painting Retouching During Restoration
Several issues can cause oil paint loss from the surface of a painting. Paintings can be thought of as a series of layers, and artists work to ensure that the layers are compatible with each other, and stay in place for the long term. Archival and museum quality materials are those that are designed to […]
Antique Bronze Sculpture Conservation
The conservation of antique bronze statues and other small collectables depends to an extent on their greatest environmental exposures. Larger pieces that were designed for exterior use, such as pieces of fountains and garden statuary, and large bronze artwork designed for outdoor display, like Henry Moore’s monumental works, need special protection against the changing environmental […]
Restoration of Antique and Vintage Globes
The earliest maps were navigation tools, designed to help sailors and travellers navigate trade routes, or they were celestial maps, part of a vibrant and dangerous intellectual-religious debate over the movement of the earth around the sun. Both earth-based and celestial maps were originally drawn and painted on large pieces of parchment, papyrus, or paper, […]
Restoration of Fine Porcelain and Ceramics
Artists who work in ceramics love porcelain for the way its inherent plasticity when wet can be fired into strong, vitreous material stronger and more delicate than glass. The tension between the delicacy, strength, and plasticity of ceramics is one of the reasons our artistic heritage is so full of ceramic art. Porcelain is special […]
The History Of Conservation
Art conservation is the fine, scientific discipline of conserving artwork, furniture, china and much more. The central aim is to preserve the original piece down to the finest detail. Any improvements to the appearance come second. The process of conservation may include repair, cleaning, re-shaping and so on. To give you a better understanding of […]
