![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8d712b85-b0b2-4148-919e-12f8b8e31d37/b6093788-515e-4793-b16e-a4bdddde0e6d_rw_3840.jpg?h=e2431c56316e0634125a9e4a3cb064be)
![BEFORE: The damage before that needed restoring. Cracks in th Gesso](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8d712b85-b0b2-4148-919e-12f8b8e31d37/7af76321-9cb4-46ff-a65f-5fd75abbfe5e_rw_1920.jpg?h=fdec9f03677719db4cb1b494769d612d)
BEFORE: The damage before that needed restoring. Cracks in th Gesso
![BEFORE: corner cracks](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8d712b85-b0b2-4148-919e-12f8b8e31d37/a2762e8d-ec6c-466a-993c-320ce56c896b_rw_1920.jpg?h=1e7c5e1e9f10b01d3f069e6302c79ad8)
BEFORE: corner cracks
![BEFORE: Lots of chipped Gesso.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8d712b85-b0b2-4148-919e-12f8b8e31d37/07d64ac3-b6c0-4658-a8a0-0e9e0a37e215_rw_1920.jpg?h=59d98cd1fa8e0dc3bd00f9170ae96573)
BEFORE: Lots of chipped Gesso.
![cleaning 300 years worth of grime off to reveal a new patina.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8d712b85-b0b2-4148-919e-12f8b8e31d37/8782688b-21ee-4040-a72d-6a92b72eb17a_rw_1920.jpg?h=73fcd1e2b1731a4481bdd5b1c188586c)
cleaning 300 years worth of grime off to reveal a new patina.
![Cleaning off the old black grime](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8d712b85-b0b2-4148-919e-12f8b8e31d37/69437e5c-fef3-48c0-99fc-069c3b7aaf0a_rw_1920.jpg?h=3d1df90f6110b61a2c86e378422f4e6d)
Cleaning off the old black grime
injecting gesso into the cracks
fashioning a new piece of wood for missing corner section
![fine tuning the new patina](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8d712b85-b0b2-4148-919e-12f8b8e31d37/e2b51c8c-a927-42c8-8db0-7eaab2c277ff_rw_1920.jpg?h=22f6fa957e0524b059fb5264a931de00)