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Through my contacts in Italy, I was asked to repair two ceilings for Senori Bertone at their apartment on the Cote d'Azure.

The restoration of this Victorian decorated ceiling was a major undertaking. The builders repair of the hairline cracks had resulted in lines of filler/stucco being left across the painted ceiling panel. There was also a stain of unknown origin, a couple of areas where repainting had taken place and a some rust stains from the later addition of gas pipes in the ceiling to fuel the "new" centre light. An additional problem to overcome was the smooth texture of the filler compared to the surprisingly rough texture of the ceiling.

While I repaired and repainted the damaged areas, closely matching the colours, I took care to retain the idiosyncrasies of the original design. However I had to redesign the centre roses since the original had been mostly obliterated.