What we treat
The workshop looks after the Palace of Art’s 14,000 objects first. Our other work is for the parishes, the house-museums of the Körköm network and families.
01
Icons and panel paintings
Cleaning darkened varnish and soot from candles, laying down flaking paint and gold, mending split panels. We never repaint a face.
02
Church silver and brass
Chalices, crosses, censers and book covers. Many came out of the ground after 1992, where they were buried in 1937; we stop the corrosion and keep the story.
03
Felt and textiles
Shyrdak and ala-kiyiz felts, tush kiyiz embroideries and vestments. Moth is the enemy; we freeze, wash and support.
04
Saddlery, wood and bone
Saddles, bridles and inlaid boxes from the Palace’s Room 5 and from families.
05
Paper and photographs
Drawings by Yusup Ayyubov, letters, family albums and the Palace’s posters. Mould, tape and floods.