The classic oil ... hard frame, detailed with a knife heated with a blowtorch, was painted with realistic gold coloring − edible gold dust mixed with vodka. (Pro tip: Vodka makes paint dry ...

In places where the paint is chipped you can see the gold leaf that is under it. Has anyone had any success restoring an old mirror frame? Are there conservators who do this kind of thing? Thanks!!

Two Just Stop Oil protesters threw ... While the painting itself escape unharmed, Southwark crown court heard, prosecutors say the antique frame “was a piece of art in itself” and its surface ...