Photos Before/After & During
A set of 6 chairs recovered from muddy water. The chairs are composed of carved wood, leather straps, and upholstery with etched velvet fabric
Careful removal of upholstery items to assess extent of damage to various materials
Continuing the disassembling of the chair for assessment and treatment
Detail showing the line of contaminants due to submersion
After removal of wet upholstery, the chair’s wood frames were slowly dried to minimize the shrinkage damage.
Clamping the wood frames after insertion of glue to re-stabilize the joints which loosened due to expansion and shrinkage cased by moisture exposure
Etched velvet after cleaning treatment
Re-installment of saved original upholstery
Pre-treatment
Pre-treatment
Upholstered chair seat pre-treatment
Upholstered chair seat post-treatment