Empire Picture Frame

Overall, pre treatment

Detail, during treatment

Detail, during treatment

Detail during cleaning of gilded balls

Detail during cleaning of gilded balls

Overall, post treatment

Empire picture frame for needlework. This frame was terribly dirty and many of the decorative balls had been coated with metallic paint that had corroded. Patches of gilding had been worn from the cove. I cleaned everything, removed added paint and regilded where necessary.

• gilding