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Alessandra Beretta

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As a child I use to entertain myself repairing any recoverable object; after studies in various Art Institutes, I gained experience in some of the most important Italian workshops. In 2007 I was nominated “Prestigious Artisan of the Marche” (award issued by Confartigianato).

There is a thread in growth: passion.

Everyone can learn how to repair an object, but conservative restoration is, beyond the technical knowhow, also most of all a question of stomach: The love for the cure of a piece of furniture ha to come from within.

Alessandra Beretta

Restoration

Beyond the school theory, the technical and material knowhow, restoration is a world of “sensibility”. Each piece of furniture in fact, could have various damages, provoked by different causes, therefore, each intervention is a separate story .

The way of proceeding is reinvented, the use of the products is adapted to each case, and a better part of this type of work, is in the “stomach”: it’s necessary to put it better “to feel” what you have in front of you and what it’s better to do in order to obtain a good result.

This complies respecting the style of the piece of furniture, the essence with which it was built, and the patina that time has given it, in order to restore its splendor without deforming it.

Case History   [ Nightstand ‘900 ]

On arrival was presenting the following damages:

Internally the bottom and parts of the veneer on the door were missing
Externally parts of the slabs were unglued or missing on the sides and on the drawer.
Generally the surfaces showed scratches and parts ruined by wear.

We proceeded with remaking the base with adapted wood, reattaching the veneer and slabs with hot glue, carefully replacing the missing ones with regard for the essence and the grain.

Finally the patina was restored cancelling the scratches and restoring body to the entire surface.

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