Conservarea și restaurarea unei lăzi de breaslă
Conservation and restoration of a guild chest

Summary/Abstract: The restored object is a guild chest that belonged to the shoemakers guild of Gherla town. The guild chest is in the custody of the Gherla History Museum and the inscription on the front of the object indicates that it dates from 1841.The object is made of oak, and the wooden legs are made of fir. Its structure also contains metal parts. The chest is decorated with incisions and wooden marquetries on the front and on the lid.The object’s age and value required conservation and restoration processes: dusting, chemical cleaning, treatments against xylophagous attack,consolidation of the wooden material and reconstruction of the missing parts in the wood.

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