Restoration of Frescoes and Wall Paintings
Restoration of Decorated Wooden Ceilings
I have always been passionate about art, painting and decoration, and have dedicated my studies first, and my professional activity later, to the care and restoration of frescoes, wall paintings and decoration. I have been enrolled in the Register of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage for more than ten years. A graduate in Restoration of Frescoes and Stone Materials at the Institute for Art and Restoration Palazzo Spinelli in Florence, I have then collaborated with organisations, specialised companies and carried out interventions for private individuals, dedicating myself to all the phases necessary to restore ancient wall paintings to their authentic splendour: study of the work, analysis of the state of conservation and degradation, diagnostic investigations for the evaluation of the best method of intervention, cleaning, consolidation of the paint film, plastering, through interventions that always respect the most qualified and consolidated techniques.
Restoration of 19th century frescoes
The sail-shaped ceiling was entirely covered with several layers of paint that had been applied over time. First, the surface was desalted, revealing the original 19th-century decoration. Next, the paint layer was carefully and respectfully cleaned, as it was mostly blackened with lampblack, dust and loose particles. The gaps were treated and restored with ad hoc lime-based mortars; finally, the pictorial reintegration of the missing parts was carried out using pure mineral pigments, in full compliance with the rules of conservative restoration.
Restoration of 19th century frescoes
The sail-shaped ceiling was entirely covered with several layers of paint that had been applied over time. First, the surface was desalted, revealing the original 19th-century decoration. Next, the paint layer was carefully and respectfully cleaned, as it was mostly blackened with lampblack, dust and loose particles. The gaps were treated and restored with ad hoc lime-based mortars; finally, the pictorial reintegration of the missing parts was carried out using pure mineral pigments, in full compliance with the rules of conservative restoration.
Restoration of 18th century frescoes
Restoration of 18th century frescoes
Restoration of 16th and 17th century frescoes
Restoration of 16th and 17th century frescoes
Restoration of decorated wooden ceilings
Restoration of decorated wooden ceilings
The Atelier realizes each custom work using the most diverse painting techniques, oil painting, lime painting, watercolor, fresco, graffito; adapting each project to the uniqueness of the environment, the tastes of the client and his chosen subjects, and the choice of the most suitable support for the different technique used, guaranteeing quality and durability to wear and tear of the works themselves made to measure.
Each decoration is fully customizable according to one’s taste. The most diverse decorative techniques can be combined with each other in ever different and new ways ensuring as many unique and special effects perfectly true to one’s imagination.
Always passionate about art painting and decoration, I have dedicated my studies first, and my professional activity later, to the care, restoration of frescoes, wall paintings and decoration.
Cecilia Martinelli Contattami