Small painting, 28” X 12”. Signed by Sidney M Broad, early or mid 20th C.

The painting was substantially damaged with tears, holes and missing paint. It was also very dark and had atmospheric pollution dirt ingrained in the impasto. The canvas was fragile. Because of the fragility and the level of cleaning necessary to bring the colours back to more or less its original condition it was decided to reline. This was done on a heated vacuum table. The procedure mmediately added support and stability to the canvas and the paint layer.

The picture was cleaned, the areas where the paint layer and the ground was missing were filled in with ‘gesso’. The new filling was ‘textured’ to replicate the surrounding area and finally retouched with restoration colours.

A final spray varnish was applied to protect the surface.

The whole procedure is 100% reversible.

The client chose a reproduction frame appropriate to the age of the painting.