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Rounding board before treatment

Gustav Dentzel Carousel Company, Carousel Rounding Board, ca. 1902. Paint on wood, 29 x 96 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, acquired from Jones and Erwin, Inc. 1951-392.89.

Rounding board after treatment

Gustav Dentzel Carousel Company, Carousel Rounding Board, ca. 1902. Paint on wood, 29 x 96 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, acquired from Jones and Erwin, Inc. 1951-392.89.

Verso of rounding board before treatment (top) and after treatment (bottom. 

Before treatment

After treatment the sky is more even and the craquelure appears less pronounced. 

Before treatment

After treatment. Heavier resin drips and stains were also removed during cleaning. 

Before treatment: gouges, stains, and uneven discolored varnish. 

After cleaning: varnish is reduced and even; some stains and loss remain. 

After treatment. The most distracting losses and stains were inpainted. 

Before treatment, paint loss at upper right join. 

After treatment

Before treatment, dark fingerprint stains

Same area with finger print stains. After cleaning some oily residue remained in crevices.

After treatment. Remaining residue was inpainted out.