Art Frames Conservation

1) Art Frames Conservation (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Frames conservators who work in this studio preserve and restore frames for display. All frames receive a technical examination before going on loan or on exhibit to assess surface condition, structural integrity and general appearance. The most common treatments include replicating missing decorative elements, and cleaning, gilding, and toning frame surfaces. Conservators in this studio are also responsible for constructing new frames when current frames are considered to be historically inaccurate or can no longer be used.
By Smithsonian American Art Museum, YouTube 2009
2) In The Frame: Conservation: Evangeline Discovering her Affianced in the Hospital Frame Restoration
The conservation department acts as the DIA's own "CSI" team. Highly trained experts painstakingly analyze each work of art and recommend the appropriate treatment. In thes episode, you will see a rather sensational aspect conservation - revealing fraudulent artwork.
In this episode the DIA's frame conservator restores Evangeline Discovering her Affianced in the Hospital's original frame.
By Detroit Institute of Arts, YouTube 2010