In this article, the author discusses ‘glues’, a significant element of the fabrication and preservation in gilding and cabinetmaking. He first explains the virtues of ancient glues such […]
The restoration of furniture as understood today is different to that practised in the previous century and even more different to that of the preceding centuries. Through a […]
The largest museum in Asia dedicated to western art is being built in Tainan (in the southern part of the island of Taiwan, the Republic of China). It […]
On 9 February 2011 at Sotheby’s in London, a 75 cm plaster copy of the very famous Eve by August Rodin set the bidding on fire at £260,000 […]
Works of art for which the reproduction rights have fallen into the public domain and that belong to French museums can be freely accessed and lawfully copied. Using […]
Using three specific examples, the author retraces the history of stamps, including their counterfeits and detection. We also discover the Jasmin stamps, a commode by Bernard van Risen […]
The author decrypts the process of estimating the value of ‘museum-quality’ paintings and works of art, not to be confused with considerably more prevalent standard quality paintings or […]
The force of a belief beyond reasonable doubt in an expert report The author recounts the examination of an unknown and unsigned statuette that took 25 years to […]
The author reexamines the famous proceedings that principally related to counterfeits of the works of Diego Giacometti brought in the Besançon Court of Appeal in November 1998 and […]
Bronzes are part of the French people’s ancestral patrimony. Many families own or have inherited items produced at the time of the great popularity for bronzes at the […]