Conservation of mural paintings in Bonaparte's childhood home

I enjoy looking back at past projects. The conservation intervention at the Musée de la maison Bonaparte à Ajacciò (Corsica, France) is one that particularly delights me as it consisted in the retouching of close to 250 square metres of rediscovered mural paintings. Created in the 19th-century, they decorate Napoleon Bonaparte’s childhood home and recreate wallpapers that were in vogue at the time.

For several decades, these beautiful faux wallpapers were hidden under layers of modern industrial paint. Bringing them back to light was a true pleasure.

The end result of the work is that museum visitors are now able to fully immerge themselves in the original décor and lifestyle which the Bonaparte family enjoyed.