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Does This Painting Need To Be Cleaned?

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Scott M. Haskins

Isn’t this girl pretty? She was painted about 1860. Note the cleaning test of varnish removal on her neck (and on the pearls). You can see that she has more problems than just yellowed varnish (in fact she has several … Continue reading →

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Re-cleaning of 19th Century Salon Painting Gave Marvelous Results

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Scott M. Haskins

Cleaning a painting is the most common question we get. But interestingly, it seems that 80% of the projects that enter our doors are paintings that have been worked on before and have been damaged or have fallen short of … Continue reading →

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Dutch Old Master Painting Glows After Cleaning

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Scott M. Haskins

  The art conservation on this beautiful Dutch Old Master, oil on panel, was just completed for an art collector in Las Vegas. Even though it was a pretty painting, I think he bought it for a very good price … Continue reading →

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