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State Bed, 17-18th cs., Palace of Sintra

2019 Conservation and Restoration

Conservation and restoration of one canopy bed - State Bed - furniture of large size (h. 2.90 x w. 2,10 x l. 2.32 m), from the collection of the National Palace of Sintra (PNS6207), with wood structure (blackwood), decorated with metallic elements made of copper alloy, gilded copper alloy, silver alloy, gilded silver alloy, attached to wood with silver alloy nails.
The Silver Bed of the Dukes of Cadaval

Acknowledgements National Palace of Sintra ~ Parques de Sintra - Monte da Lua  © ~ Maria João Petisca, conservator-restorer

Detail of the bed head, before the intervention.
Detail of the bed head, after the intervention.
Detail of the bed head, before the intervention.
Detail of the bed head, after the intervention.
Detail of the bed head, before the intervention.
Detail of the bed head, after the intervention.
Decorative detail of the head bed, before and after the intervention.
Decorative detail of the bed head, before and after the intervention.
Decorative detail of the bed head, before and after the intervention.
Wooden structure of the bed, before and after the intervention.
Apparatus Bed, installed on site, after the intervention. ©
Apparatus Bed, installed on site, after the intervention. ©