LEWIS & LEWIS
CHURCH STATUE RESTORATION
gilding & decorative finishes
Both statuary and furnishings can be enhanced with Decorative finishes. For Historic interest, we have included the name of the original maker or studio in our listings.
Shown below are some examples of completed works with original decoration restored.
We can add decoration on request to otherwise plain statuary or furnishings, these are priced according to the amount of decoration desired.
GILDED DETAILS
Our Lady of the Apocolypse
53 inch carved wood statue restored for church of St. Gerard Majella, Bristol.
Saint Joseph the Worker
Statue restored and re-gilded details for Tiverton church.
Our Lady of Cluny
(Retailed by Burns & Oates, maker unknown.)
Restored for St. Clements Leigh-on-sea.
Saint Walburge
​Restored for St. Walburge's ICKSP church in Preston.
58 inch carved wood with detailing in the gothic style, designed and gilded by Jeanette Lewis.
(studio of Meyers & Co.)
Corpus
Corpus polychromed with gilded corded loincloth in the style of the Granada school. Restored
ORNATE DETAIL
Neo Gothic figures and those with ornate detail can be challenging to restore because their surfaces are often corrugated and fragile. Yet when original colours are restored the results can be stunning.
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Studio; Rafl of Paris)
French statue of the Sacred Heart with gemstone and painted finish. restored for Manchester Oratory.
Saint Teresa of Avila (By Pr.Verloo, Sottergem Belgium.)
Belgian carved wood gothic revival statue restored for
church of St. Teresa, Ashford in Kent.
Immaculate Conception (studio: Meyers & Co.)
Carved wood gothic revival statue restored for church of
Our Lady of Lydiate Liverpool
FAUX FINISHES
Painted finishes can enhance architectural detail and furnishings.
Examples shown; faux marble effects, painted paneling and applied stenciling.
Faux Scagliola
Candlesticks refurbished for side altars.
Faux Marble Effect on statue base.
(Statue by Olot Factory)
Faux Verte de Mere Marble
refurbishment of plaster pedestal.