Conservation Workshop of the Palace of Art

Work log

Everything that has come through the workshop door in the last two years, with its number. The full reports are kept with the owners and in the Palace archive.

NumberObject and ownerWhat was doneWhere it is now
KW-2026-014Icon of the Virgin, pine panel
Parish church, Sary-Bulak
Varnish removed with solvent gels; gold leaf laid down; losses filled and retouchedIn treatment since March. Back for Christmas.
KW-2026-011Chalice and paten, silver gilt
Cathedral of St. Janyl, Iyık Janyl
Tarnish and old lacquer removed; a split in the foot solderedReturned in October.
KW-2026-009Shyrdak felt, 1930s
Palace of Art, store
Moth damage; washed, stitched onto a linen supportOn view in Room 5 from December.
KW-2026-006Saddle with bone inlay
Palace of Art, Room 5
Loose inlay re-set with reversible glue; leather fedReturned in July.
KW-2026-003Two drawings by Yusup Ayyubov
Ayyubov House-Museum, Besh-Tash
Old tape removed; flattened; new mountsReturned in May for the season.
KW-2025-031Processional cross, brass
Parish church, Kara-Buura
Cleaned; two missing finials cast from the surviving pairReturned for Holy Week.
KW-2025-027Photograph album, 1950s
A family in Talas
Pages separated after flooding; dried and re-housedReturned in December.
KW-2025-019Embroidered wall hanging (tush kiyiz)
Palace of Art, Room 5
Faded silk supported with dyed crepelineOn view.