Laboratory for Scientfic Restoration of Sculpture and Coloured Stones

Architectural detail with ornamentation

Russia. Yaroslavl. 16th century

Marble-like limestone

Before and after restoration

In the photograph:
1. an architectural detail consisting of 11 fragments that have been heavily soiled, with numerous chips and scratches before restoration;
2. the architectural detail after restoration: the surface has been freed of dirt, the fragments glued together, and the seams, chips smoothed over with mastic and lost parts redone