Water Damaged Oil Painting and Frame

75 years of nicotine removal

This work hung over a fireplace for 50 years and suffered from exposure to black smoke.

Strip-lined, cleaned and re-stretched oil painting on original stretcher bars.

After - Strip-lined with linen, cleaned and re-stretched the oil painting on original stretcher bars . Re-varnished and in-painted abrasions

Before - Abrasions, wrinkling, warping, not square, missing color

After - Large canvas re-stretched on new stretcher bars, deep wrinkles and severe warping removed. In-paining on loss of paint.

Before - Large tear(s), relined back with linen, filled and in-painted front surface

Before - Large tear, relined, filled and in-painted (Oversized painting approximately 5 feet wide)

After - Large tear patched , relined, filled and in-painted. A thourough cleaning brightened the original color.

Before -Traditional cleaning oil on board

After -Traditional cleaning oil on board- brighter colors after years of dirt removed