THE OBJECTS OF EXCAVATIONS

Between 1950 and 1970 "Maison André" was at the crossroad of all the markets of objects of excavations and we had between hands the most beautiful objects of metal from Iran, Greece and Egypt to clear them of their gangue of oxides or to reconstitute them. Today, it is rather Asia which sends the product of its excavation. The philosophy of "Maison André" consist to privilege systematically the aesthetic of the object, its charm, its patina. It means that offering the most beautiful color or the most beautiful polished. We know that it is an attitude perfectly anti-scientific but we can't be wrong because we go much less far, in the cleaning of bronzing, than the museums' laboratories and nobody can ever blame us for an excessive cleaning.