The Best Before and Afters

Check out this beautiful restoration Flickr set for more before/after pics of this piece. The description:

The jewels and beaded bone, glass, and seeds were mostly gone or peeling off. The beading I did barely shows....they were the size of pinheads and took about 40 hours to string. All of the crystals were replaced one by one on the inside arch, mirror replaced and gold leafed on the outer perimeter. Mold and other silent terrors had to be dealt with, faces and patterns repainted back into the picture.