I have been involved in the restoration of historic furniture and buildings since 1980 and since 1991 I have held a licence from the Czech Ministry of Culture enabling me to restore listed arts-and-crafts objects, including gold leaf work.
\nWe rescue and restore the furnishings and fittings of such listed buildings as stately homes, churches, galleries and town houses.<\/p>\n
Of course, we also work on pieces of furniture from private collectors. The pieces are worthy of total renovation due to the quality of their arts-and-crafts manufacture.
\nFor the wide range of work we do we closely co-operate with artistic blacksmiths and academy artists.<\/p>\n
Restoration is a specific artistic discipline whose goal is to limit the material degradation of an artistic work while respecting its authenticity and its physical, historical and aesthetic integrity.<\/p>\n
The historical decorative techniques we use in the course of our work are predominantly carving, marquetry, guilding, French polishing and waxing.<\/p>\n
We regard exceptional pieces of furniture as distinctive works of art in the same vein as sculptures or paintings of the old masters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been involved in the restoration of historic furniture and buildings since 1980 and since 1991 I have held a licence from the Czech Ministry of Culture enabling me to restore listed arts-and-crafts objects, including gold leaf work. We … Continue reading