Appraisal Services Associates

Conservation and Restoration

We offer, through our affiliated laboratories, a full-spectrum of modern restoration and conservation services for:

· Works on Paper

· Works on Canvas and Panel

· Sculpture in all media

· Antiquities and Ethnographica

· All Decorative Arts

· Silver and Precious Metals

· Books and Manuscripts

 

Professional materials analysis, condition assessments and treatment proposals are provided which are consistent with standards of the American Institute for Conservation. Stabilization and treatment options are also discussed in each case.

 

 Major projects and Institutional assignments are readily accepted.  Collection reviews and environmental analysis are available for private and institutional holders of works of art. This includes an analysis of lighting conditions; humidity and temperature checks and the amount of pollutants and volatiles in the display space.

Before

Note the discoloration of the surface as well as the tears and warping of the canvas

After

After restoration is complete, the original vibrancy of the colors is restored, and the canvas is mended and restretched

A painting in the process of being cleaned; varnish, dust and dirt can distort the beauty of the original painting underneath.

Appraisal Services Associates. 232 Madison Avenue. New York, NY 10016. Tel: 212-679-3400. Fax: 212-683-1076.  www.appraisalserv.com