{"id":24217,"date":"2026-04-16T12:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.mnk.pl\/activity\/conservation\/pracownia-konserwacji-ram-i-pozlotnicza\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T19:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:55:54","slug":"frame-conservation-and-gilding-studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/activity\/conservation\/frame-conservation-and-gilding-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Frame Conservation and Gilding Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Karol_Kowalik_MG_1405-1-2-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"Zbli\u017cenie na z\u0142ocony, rze\u017abiony ornament li\u015bciowy ramy po lewej stronie obrazu, z rozmytym br\u0105zowo-czerwonym t\u0142em, smug\u0105 z\u0142otego py\u0142u i w\u0105skim pasem niebieskiego u do\u0142u.\" class=\"wp-image-25631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Karol_Kowalik_MG_1405-1-2-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Karol_Kowalik_MG_1405-1-2-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Karol_Kowalik_MG_1405-1-2-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Karol_Kowalik_MG_1405-1-2.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workshop specialises in the conservation of historic picture frames from all branches of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its team looks after objects made of wood, covered with gold and silver leaf, metal and gilded bronze. It carries out woodcarving work involving the carving of missing ornaments, plaster and frame-making compound casts, as well as new frames based on old designs and techniques. In addition to this work, the workshop\u2019s remit includes the conservation of decorative arts objects \u2013 clocks, gilded furniture and candlesticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conservation of gilded wooden objects is a multi-stage process involving the impregnation of the wood (to protect the structure damaged by wood-boring insects), repairing the frame structure, protecting the preserved original gilded sections, chemical and mechanical cleaning, replacing missing elements with suitable materials (wood, frame filler, stucco), as well as carrying out gilding and silvering using various techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The workshop has restored historic frames and produced new ones, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>at the Gallery of 20th-Century Polish Art in the MNK Main Building (2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at Bishop MNK Erazm Cio\u0142ek\u2019s Palace (2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art in MNK Sukiennice (2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at the EUROPEUM Centre for European Culture (2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>at the Karol Szymanowski Museum in the \u2018Atma\u2019 villa in Zakopane (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stanis\u0142aw Grzegorz Ta\u0144cula<\/strong> \u2013 workshop manager<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beata Felu\u015b \u2013 senior restorer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ma\u0142gorzata Ptasi\u0144ska \u2013 assistant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-mnk-contact-info-block contact-info-block\">\n      <h2><\/h2>\n      <div class=\"block-inner\">\n        <div class=\"contact-info-top\">\n          <div class=\"contact-info-row d-flex\">\n                          <div class=\"customer-s-content\">\n                <svg class=\"icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><use xlink:href=\"#phone-icon\"><\/use><\/svg>\n                <div class=\"content d-flex flex-column\">\n                  <p>+48 12 \u00a0433 55 86<\/p>\n                                      <div class=\"other-content d-flex flex-column\">\n                      <span>MNK Main Building, 1 3 Maja Avenue<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                                  <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            \n                          <div class=\"customer-s-content\">\n                <svg class=\"icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><use xlink:href=\"#email-icon\"><\/use><\/svg>\n                <div class=\"content d-flex flex-column\">\n                  <p>ramy@mnk.pl\u00a0<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"contact-info-bottom d-flex\">\n          \n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The workshop specialises in the conservation of historic picture frames from all branches of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w. Its team looks after objects made of wood, covered with gold and silver leaf, metal and gilded bronze. It carries out woodcarving work involving the carving of missing ornaments, plaster and frame-making compound casts, as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":24188,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42963,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24217\/revisions\/42963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}