restoration services
Manor Fine Arts have 25 years experience in the picture framing and fine art business and more recently we have extended our service to include Painting and antique frame restoration, training with one of the foremost restoration experts in the United Kingdom allows us now to bring this specialist service to Northern Ireland with a purpose built modern workshop we offer
Cleaning · Repair ·Restoration and Conservation of Oil Paintings Maps · Charts · Prints · Watercolours · Etchings · Engravings · Lithographs etc. and Antique frame restoration.
Delamination .... Removal where possible of brittle and acidic cardboard backings which may have been glued or pasted to the art work , often utilizing Enzyme solutions.
Deacidification ....Removal of harmful acidity from art on paper where possible, and buffering with an alkaline reserve.
Cleaning .... Surface dirt removal by dry methods, and aqueous treatments using the mildest bleaching agents appropriate to the degree of "foxing" or general discolouration. Removal of varnishes is often possible. Oil paintings cleaned and re varnished.
Repair and Retouching .... Mending and retouching Oil painting rips ,holes and other damage using textures to disguise missing areas, Colour matching in similar medium for retouching repaired areas.
Antique Frame repair and restoration ... we specialise in mould making and carving of missing segments of frame, regilding to match existing framing.
Framing Professional Conservation picture framing service. Fine Art trade guild commend framer
Restoration of an oil painting or water colour is a delicate painstaking procedure. Each piece of work is unique in it’s requirements, it has to be thoroughly examined to assess the extent of the damage, and the course of action needed to restore it to its former condition.
For estimates please call us, email us or submit your query online. By arrangement we can call to view the required work.
