Oakstreet Art Conservation | San Francisco Bay Area

Providing world-class art conservation and restoration services across the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, focused on 3-dimensional decorative arts objects, including furniture and Asian lacquer.

Black Rhinoceros Specimen Kathryn Whitney©2019 California Academy of Sciences Materials: skin, horns, glass, metal, and taxidermy plaster	Figure, Roxanne Swentzell (Santa Clara Pueblo), 20th century Private collection Materials: painted earthenware	Toe-nayar gong stand, Burma, 19th - early 20th century Private collector Materials: wood, gold leaf, red lacquer, mirror, glass, bone, bronze
Table Top Stone Screen, China, early 19th century Private Collection Materials: rosewood, translucent hardstone, paint, Asian lacquer	Writing Cabinet, Dresden, Germany, 1750 Courtesy of V&A Images Materials: oak and birch construction; kingwood, snakewood, amaranthe, mother-of-pearl veneer/inlay; gilt brass (ormolu) and brass mounts	Chair, Carlo Bugatti, Italy, 1895-1900 Courtesy of V&A Images Materials: ebonized walnut, painted and varnished vellum, stamped brass, silk cords
Shrine Figure, Nigeria, Cross River, Ijo people, 20th century Courtesy of FAMSF Materials: wood, glass eyes, pigment	Boullework Coffer-on-stand, France, c. 1820 Courtesy of Wallace Collection Materials: oak and pine construction, ebony veneer, turtleshell and brass veneer (Boullework), gilt-brass mounts (ormolu)	Table Cabinet, Japan, 19th century Courtesy of V&A Images Materials: wood, black lacquer, gold flakes and powders, gold foil, metal fittings
Devotional Object, Trapani, Italy, 1660-1680 Courtesy of FAMSF Materials: softwood, jasper, marble, silvered copper alloy, gilded copper alloy, red coral, silk velvet

Selected Institutional Clients

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
California Missions
California Museum, Sacramento
Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (de Young and Legion of Honor)
Foundation for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
The Global Museum, San Francisco State University
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
National Park Service
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Oakland Museum of California
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Jose Museum of Art
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
SFO Museum
Skywalker Properties, LLC
World Monument Fund

Selected Galleries, Auction Houses, and Artist's Foundations

Anthony Meier
Bonhams
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Christie's
Joan Brown Art Holdings
Joan Mirviss Gallery
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Matthew Wong Foundation
Stonington Gallery

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ART CONSERVATION

Black Rhinoceros Specimen Kathryn Whitney©2019 California Academy of Sciences Materials: skin, horns, glass, metal, and taxidermy plaster

Figure, Roxanne Swentzell (Santa Clara Pueblo), 20th century Private collection Materials: painted earthenware

Toe-nayar gong stand, Burma, 19th - early 20th century Private collector Materials: wood, gold leaf, red lacquer, mirror, glass, bone, bronze

Table Top Stone Screen, China, early 19th century Private Collection Materials: rosewood, translucent hardstone, paint, Asian lacquer

Writing Cabinet, Dresden, Germany, 1750 Courtesy of V&A Images Materials: oak and birch construction; kingwood, snakewood, amaranthe, mother-of-pearl veneer/inlay; gilt brass (ormolu) and brass mounts

Chair, Carlo Bugatti, Italy, 1895-1900 Courtesy of V&A Images Materials: ebonized walnut, painted and varnished vellum, stamped brass, silk cords

Shrine Figure, Nigeria, Cross River, Ijo people, 20th century Courtesy of FAMSF Materials: wood, glass eyes, pigment

Boullework Coffer-on-stand, France, c. 1820 Courtesy of Wallace Collection Materials: oak and pine construction, ebony veneer, turtleshell and brass veneer (Boullework), gilt-brass mounts (ormolu)

Table Cabinet, Japan, 19th century Courtesy of V&A Images Materials: wood, black lacquer, gold flakes and powders, gold foil, metal fittings

Devotional Object, Trapani, Italy, 1660-1680 Courtesy of FAMSF Materials: softwood, jasper, marble, silvered copper alloy, gilded copper alloy, red coral, silk velvet