Bannière : restauration de mosaïque par Astrid Maréchaux-Maillard

Restauration Mosaïques

Albania

The documentary mission of albanian mosaics continues, with the treatment of pavements from the archaeological site of Butrint in 2015.

Operations were focused on cleaning, consolidation, and reintegration of tesserae when needed.





From the hellenestic period to the sixth century A-D


Limestone, marble and glass teserae


In collaboration with Agron Islami (chief conservator at IMK, Albania), Klejdi Zguro (conservator, Albania), Ornela Durmishaj


  • Triconch mosaic

    Replacement of mosaic slopes

  • Triconch mosaic

    Reintegration of mosaic fragments

  • Masks mosaic

    Masks mosaic during treatment

  • Reintegration

    Application of mortar in lacunae

  • Positionning of tesserae in the lacuna

    Positioning of original tesserae

  • Positioning of tesserae

    Reconstituted pattern

  • Positioning of tesserae

    Final state after reintegration of tesserae and application of mortar

  • Masks mosaic

    Main pattern before reintegration of the original tesserae

  • Masks mosaic

    Main pattern after reintegration of tesserae

  • Masks mosaic

    Work on the masks in opus vermiculatum

  • Triconch mosaic

    In situ consolidation

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