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Lighting fixtures, 19th c., Ajuda National Palace

2025 Conservation and Restoration

Conservation and restoration intervention on an ensemble of metal lighting objects for the dining room, which have become part of the new exhibition circuit about the Daily Life of the Royal Table at the Ajuda National Palace, namely:

  • Pair of Imari porcelain kerosene lamps, 19th c. (Inv. 1302-84)
  • Circular pine cone-shaped chandelier, gilded copper and porcelain with 72 lights, 19th c. (Inv. 3122)
  • Six wall serpentines with seven arms, superimposed around a central axis, in the form of foliage scrolls. (Inv. 3123 - 3125 (?)

Acknowledgements Ajuda National Palace ~ Museums and Monuments of Portugal E.P.E.

Detail of a lamp, before the intervention.
Detail of a lamp, after the intervention.
Detail of a lamp, before the intervention.
Detail of a lamp, after the intervention.
Detail of a lamp, before the intervention.
Detail of a lamp, after the intervention.
Porcelain lamp, before and after the intervention.
Porcelain lamp, before and after the intervention.
Detail of the chandelier, before the restoration.
Detail of the chandelier, after the restoration.
Chandelier, before the restoration.
Chandelier, after the restoration.
Detail of the candelabra ("aplique"), before the restoration.
Detail of the candelabra ("aplique"), after the restoration.
Candelabra ("aplique"), before the intervention.
Candelabra ("aplique"), after the intervention.