Our restoration and decorative work

Photography, case studies and films from churches, councils and landmark interiors across the North West.

This page is a curated sample of our work by discipline: a handful of before and after sliders and photographs so you can see the kind of projects we take on. It is not a full archive.

Landmark jobs with longer narratives, extra photography, video and client context are in the case studies and films sections below. Service pages show a similar sample for one discipline and link back here when you want more.

Learn more about Silvano Cioci Faux and our studio on the About page.

Photography by discipline

One or two standout examples per group, grouped by service. Use the case study links under each heading when you want the full project write-up instead of more similar photos here.

Restoration and conservation

Oil paintings, heirlooms, ecclesiastic statues and fire damaged works. Sliders show typical before and after results; church and HLF work is expanded in the St Marie's and Archdiocese case studies.

Oil paintings with major damage repaired

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    Oil painting repaired following surface damage

    Station of the Cross panel with paint loss before consolidation and inpainting, and after treatment.

    Read the Archdiocese of Liverpool case study →

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    Before: Oil painting with paint loss before restoration. After: Oil painting after restoration.

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    Oil painting restored after major damage

    Religious painting with large tears, holes and paint loss before treatment, and after restoration, cleaning and retouching.

    Read the Archdiocese of Liverpool case study →

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    Before: Badly torn oil painting with holes and missing paint before restoration. After: Same oil painting after restoration and cleaning.

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    Oil painting rescued from fire damage

    Station of the Cross detail with smoke and fire damage before treatment, and after cleaning and retouching.

    Read the Archdiocese of Liverpool case study →

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    Before: Oil painting detail before fire damage restoration. After: Oil painting detail after fire damage restoration.

Late 1800 wooden statues restoration

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    Wooden statue restored after fire damage

    Late nineteenth century figure in a display case after fire damage, and the same statue after conservation treatment.

    Read the Archdiocese of Liverpool case study →

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    Before: Wooden statue charred after fire damage. After: Wooden statue after fire damage restoration.

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    Conservation of a wooden ecclesiastic statue

    Stabilisation of gesso and polychrome before and after treatment on an ecclesiastic figure for a Liverpool Archdiocese parish.

    Read the Archdiocese of Liverpool case study →

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    Before: Wooden ecclesiastic statue before conservation treatment. After: Wooden ecclesiastic statue after conservation treatment.

St Marie's Church, Widnes (HLF / Halton & St Helens VCA)

Full case study: fifteen workshop photographs, film and conservation report →

Antique paintings on wood, canvas and copper: cleaning progress

Liverpool Archdiocese parish: bird finials on a gold ground

Archdiocese of Liverpool case study and parish work →

  • Cleaning and inpainting bird finials on an oil painting wood panel. In-progress treatment on bird finials for a Liverpool Archdiocese parish panel painting. The finished result is shown in the before and after slider below.
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    Ecclesiastical panel painting: bird finials on a gold ground

    Paint loss and unfinished modelling on bird finials during treatment on an oil painting wood panel for a Liverpool Archdiocese parish. Drag the handle to reveal the same detail after consolidation and inpainting.

    Read the Archdiocese of Liverpool case study →

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    Before: Bird finial on an ecclesiastical panel painting before restoration, showing paint loss on a gold ground. After: Same panel detail after consolidation and inpainting on the gold ground.

Gilding

Burnished gold leaf on altars, frames, mirrors and architectural ornament. A few representative installs; Trafford, Archdiocese and residential programmes have case studies.

Featured gilding projects

Landmark client case studies (Archdiocese, Trafford Centre, residential) →

Faux finishes

Marbling, graniting, wood graining and scumble glazes for period rooms and high traffic commercial spaces. Sample boards are agreed before full runs so colour and tooling read naturally under your lighting, including civic work at St Georges Hall Liverpool.

Featured faux finish projects

Trafford Palazzo case study and civic faux work →

Stenciling

Historic stencil tracing, sampling and reinstatement for Victorian homes, listed buildings and churches. Work includes St Francis de Sales, Walton, bespoke mansion drawing rooms and domino panel conservation at Werneth Hall, Oldham.

Before and after stencil restoration

St Francis de Sales Church case study →

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    Historic stencil decoration restored, St Francis de Sales Church, Walton

    Water infiltration had caused plaster loss across a Gothic arch stencil scheme. Lime plaster reinstatement and hand-applied stencilling restored the IHS and cross medallions to match surviving decoration.

    Read the St Francis de Sales, Walton case study →

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    Before: Gothic arch stencil scheme at St Francis de Sales Church before restoration, showing plaster loss. After: Same arch after lime plaster repair and stencil reinstatement at St Francis de Sales Church, Walton.

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    Hand-stencilled decorative panel conserved, Werneth Hall, Oldham

    Losses and unsound overpaint on a historic stencilled panel before stabilisation and repair. Drag the handle to reveal the same panel after conservation and reinstatement of the original pattern.

    Read the Werneth Hall, Oldham case study →

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    Before: Decorative stencilled panel with losses and filler before conservation at Werneth Hall, Oldham. After: Decorative stencilled panel after conservation and hand-stencilled reinstatement at Werneth Hall, Oldham.

Historic stencil and decorative schemes

Victorian mansion stencil and decorative case study →

Landmark client projects

Open a card for the full story on that client: scope, methods, outcomes and extra photography. The samples above are intentionally brief so this section carries the depth.

Open each card for a blog-style article with a full-width embed and section headings. The films index lists every page. The St Marie's case study adds fifteen captioned photographs and the full written conservation report.

Some of our clients

Churches, councils and landmark commercial interiors across Liverpool, Manchester and the North West. View all case studies

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Gilding, restoration, faux finishes and stenciling across Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester and Cheshire. Call 07801 311972 or start online.

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