Fine Art Conservation
Insitju provides a professional service in a full range of art conservation treatment from cleaning and consolidation to repair and restoration. As part of our conservation process we continue to use traditional materials tools and techniques in order to provide a finish that is sympathetic to the object and retains its historical provenance. We have our own workshop however we also carry out our conservation services on site.
Art Conservation Services
We provide the following conservation services:
• Condition Surveys and Conservation Reports
• Consultancy and Emergency Planning
• Conservation cleaning of paintings, objects and artefacts
• Identification of materials paint sample cross sections
• Collection Management Systems for private collections
• Condition reports and maintenance programmes
• Transportation, installation and removal of art and cultural property
• Art handling using heavy lifting equipment and tower scaffolding where necessary.
Our staff are PASMA, PAL, IPAF Power Access trained.
• Professional installation of display cases, frames and mounts
• Historical research on frames, paintings cultural objects
• All our working documents and reports are provided to our clients on completion of our work
x400 magnification showing 2 gilt layers and an old black pigment paint
recent paint analysis cross section
recent paint analysis cross section
Dirt layer
Off white yellow pigment
Zinc based paint
Yellow ochre
Oil size (overlap from the front)
Dark ochre or Burnt Sienna
Oil size (overlap from the front)
Yellow ochre
Light blue very early pigment paint
Off white yellow pigment
Zinc based paint
Yellow ochre
Oil size (overlap from the front)
Dark ochre or Burnt Sienna
Oil size (overlap from the front)
Yellow ochre
Light blue very early pigment paint
INSITJU Framing & Conservation Ltd Unit 10b New Mills Industrial Estate Modbury PL21 0TP | Tel: +44 (0)1548 831297 | insitju@gmail.com