Conservation and Restoration of Azulejo (ceramic tiles)

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Work of Conservation and Restoration of Azulejo (ceramic tiles)

Here are some images of a conservation and restoration work. Intervention carried out in situ. Fonte do Cano, Vinhais, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal.

Baroque fountain from XVIII century with tile panels from XX century (1930) Fábrica de Sant’Anna.

Initial state

Conservação e Restauro de Azulejo_Antes da Intervenção 3

 

Dirtiness, inks, lack of glaze, biological colonization.

 

Restoration intervention

 

Conservação e Restauro de Azulejo. Fonte do Cano.

 

Treatment of biological colonization

Cleaning of the glaze

 

Conservação e Restauro de Azulejo_Reintegração Volumétrica 1

 

 

Fill in gaps with mortar

 

 

Conservação e Restauro de Azulejo_Reintegração cromática

Chromatic reintegration

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