Like many other people, you feel often helpless when you have to find a real competent artisan.
Professional ethics do exist!
L'Atelier makes it a point of honour to respect the ethic rules in the field of restoration and preservation as recommended by the world's leading antiques fairs.
To preserve: to replace ancient materials only when it is necessary
To respect the item and to return its integrity
To work according the techniques of the period of its making
To reconstruct only on a reliable basis of information
Reversibility: there must be a possibility to undo the restoration without harming the object
Not to hide the defects with a screening finishing.
| Preliminary thoughts are indispensable in order to define the most appropriate method. The responsible artisan has to make a meticulous choice of species and grains of woods. We have accumulated a rare collection of indigenous and exotic woods, naturally dryed and sawn according to traditional techniques, as well as noble materials like : mother of pearls, turtle shell and ivory (in accordance with the Washington convention). We have an exceptional documentation accumulated during nearly 30 years and which still grows rich each day. |
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The artisan must scrupulously use traditional rules..It is common knowledge that we successfully practise the French polish (shell lac) like in the XVIIIè and XIXè centuries.The artisan must also be able to master the most advanced technologies which have been developed today in the art of restoration..
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For many years, we master the taking off of veneers with the technique of vaccum packing, the only one that save the genuine veneers. (en accord avec la convention de Washington). |
Our deontology is your guarantee
© L'Atelier Anne-Marie FRERE s.a. 2009