DBR Conservation provides expertise in water and oil gilding in the conservation of historic gilded surfaces of either objects or architectural features, as well as for new commissions.

The services offered include:

– Condition surveys and treatment recommendations

– Analysis based on discrete sampling

– Surface cleaning

– Consolidation

– Repair of substrate

– Removal of inappropriate coatings

– Regilding in either oil and water gilding techniques

– Other techniques available: burnishing, sgraffito, distressing, etc.