We restore small bronzes from the Art Nouveau period, as well as French animalia sculpture and early twentieth century bronze statuary
HOME along with antique bronzes, we refurbish art deco works of art, and bronze and brass scientific mechanisms and collectible technical models and machines PRINTS this takes you back from the silver antique teapot page to Howard Newman's prints of his paintings. PAINTINGS antique mechanism repair, restoration of small polychrome painted and patinated figurines. SCULPTURE bronze sculpture repair, restore, restoring pewter and fine metal complex objects also made of ivory, ebony, wood and plastic, bronze statues, antique mechanisms MUSEUMS We restore statuary made of pewter and zinc from the early American period REVIEWS Along with bronze sculpture, we fix small desk size, interior art objects like French and English small statuary RESTORATION This returns you to the restoration home page, with links to other restored objects including brass antique mechanisms, and art objects PROFILE this links you to Howard's biography and personal portrait. CONTACT this is a link to the section which lets you email, call or write to Howard Newman about his sculpture, restoration, paintings, prints, high quality crafsmanship to restore bronze figurines, animal sculptures, and small figurative sculptures INDEX LInks you to the index of the entire site.
Many small statues are made of various metals and other materials. We restore objects made of many materials
Art Nouveau Bronze Figurine
This meticulously crafted, 20" high bronze figurine came to us dark and dull, its decorative pole broken and its patina disfigured in a prior attempt to rejoin it. We rebuilt the pole, removed the darkened wax and lacquer from the entire surface, and reworked the patina consistent with what we believed to have been the original.

An Art Nouveau bronze before restoration. The delicately patinated and polychrome painted surface is dark, dirty, and tarnished. The delicately modeled staff in the figurine's hands and across her shoulders was cracked, and needed to be rejoined and recolored with fresh matching lacquer.

Before
The Art Nouveau bronze repair in process: The small figurine's delicate straw colored patina has been revived and highlighted. The dancer's hair has once again been blackened with oxidizing chemical, and the grapes in her dark silver hair tinted a deep cherry red. Her soft, delicate breasts, her dress, and slender legs have once agan been brought to life, her delicate feet and knees highlighted to celebrate the joy of her springtime dance.

Redeveloping the coloring
The restoration of this late Nineteenth or early Twentieth Century figurine of a young dancing girl is complete. Her ankles, knees, thighs, breasts, delicate facial features, black silver hair and delicate, long arms are now a light straw bronze color. Her flying, geometric patterned dress is once again a deep reddish black. She balances on her strong left foot attached to a stone base by a hidden bronze pin extending from the bottom of her supporting foot into a drilled hole in the center of the polished stone.

Entire piece, restored

The symbol for our restoration work is a silversmith's planishing hammer ­ one of the most cherished tools in our shop. Each silversmith hand forms the two heads of his planishing hammer, and shapes its handle to perfectly fit his own hand.