Restauració

Saint Eulàlia’s flag is one of Barcelona’s most important symbols.

Dioramas, models designed to be observed from a fixed point of view, performed the functions of today's digital 3D representations.

The artist Achille Battistuzzi painted several vedutte of Barcelona, works that depict life in the Catalan capital in the nineteenth century very accurately. The restoration of this work from the MUHBA Collection enabled us to learn more about the grid used to position the elements in the scene.

In restoring this unique piece of furniture, the secret system for accessing the inner drawers was restored. The key to this mechanism lies in certain catches, with a curved side that locks the drawers and a wedge-shaped side that releases them.

Treatment of iron objects from the Born market site by means of hot alkaline sulphite baths to accelerate the process.

Luxurious decoration on the roof of the room or cubiculum of the owner of the Roman house on Carrer Avinyó. In the centre, there is a rhombus with the presentation of the Rape of Ganymede (“the most beautiful of mortals”, according to Homer in The Iliad) surrounded by floral motifs and moulded borders.

This object, which was found at the Barcelona Liceu Conservatory site in 2006, was restored for the exhibition organised by the MUHBA, entitled: “FIRST FARMERS/BCN. The major innovation 7,500 years ago”.

L’obra pintada a finals del segle XIX, és una de les poques obres conegudes i conservada en una col·lecció pública del pintor Pedro Vidal de Solares y Cárdenas qui es va relacionar amb els impressionistes francesos i molt en particular amb Renoir.

Restoration:

Fans were used as a subtle form of political propaganda. Fans were made in support of the different Spanish constitutions in what could be considered a precursor of merchandising. In this case, the many repairs made indicate that this fan was used frequently and that great care was taken of it.