Investigation of architectural finishes, Examples in Basel Switzerland

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Worked at Buess AG, Gelterkinden, Switzerland from 1/2007 to 5/2009 as:
Conservator of Decorated Architectural Surfaces and Wall Paintings
Project examples:

Paint finishes on timber reveal to window (l) and dado rail (r), town house in Basel city, Hebelstrasse.

Discovered historic wall papers behind facing boards. Oldest wall paper layer ca. 1820. Town house in Basel city, Hebelstrasse.

Excavation area for documentation of a 55sqm grisaille painting on the compartment wall, discovered in a town house in Basel city, Aeschenvorstadt.

About gesaschwantes

Conservator/ Restorer of Architectural Surfaces and Wall Paintings. Associate Professor at the Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage at Shanghai University

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