This project consists of the restoration of a pair of monumental tables sustained by bronze telemons depicted as Hercules, along with table-tops of gray granite inside ornamental friezes in chiseled gold-leaf bronze with events from the pontificate of Pope Pius VI (the Pacetti tables).  A collaborative effort of the sculpture, Vincenzo Pacetti (1746-1820), the silversmith, Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839) and the goldsmith, Pietro Paolo Spagna (1793-1861), these two tables are the most prestigious commissions of the Braschi pontificate (Pius VI, 1775-1799).  Both these tables survive as splendid examples of the innovations introduced into neo-classical furniture using pre-industrial assemblage techniques.

The iron structures contained oxidized surfaces that needed urgent chemical intervention. The decorative bronze elements were in a very poor state of conservation, covered with old oxidizing protective agents, atmospheric dust, and grease that all transformed the metal to a dark green color while active corrosion was highly visible in many places.

• Photographic and graphic documentation of the entire project
• Complete dismantling of the decorative elements in order to restore the internal structure of the iron and removal of the old protective agents and all surface deposits
• Cleaning of the metal surfaces
• Chemical treatments to stabilize the elements in the tables and entire protective covering
• Reassembly and replacement of the decorative elements on the work