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Cultural monuments, as well as all living things, are subject to aging. This process is unstoppable, but it can be slowed, suspended, memorial may be brought back to life. This is the task of restoration. Restoration - is strengthening and reconstruction of destroyed, damaged or distorted historical and cultural monuments in order to preserve their historical and artistic value.   Furniture, as a result of human creative activity of different historical epochs, is a monument of material culture society, it reflects the conditions of life, customs and tastes of the people, it characterizes the level of technology, gives us information about the materials and production methods in a specific historical period in this country. As in any other subject or Crafts, furniture are used a variety of materials and processing methods, and and genres and techniques, not only of applied art, but others so-called "big" art forms,   painting on porcelain and lacquer, molding and embossing on metal sculpture of bone and wood, tapestries and embossed leather, precious stones, shell turtle, pearl - all in harmony in the furniture, the best art examples of which adorn the museum collections and galleries around the world.   We noted with interest and pleasure to look at samples of antique furniture museums, love and appreciate her because she is beautiful and is an important document of its time. However, what we see in museums - it is only modest particle-rich furniture art of the past. Collection times consist of furniture, which has been preserved by chance, thanks to a happy the circumstances. The fact that came to us, often in a deplorable the state. To revive this treasure and make it public domain - task master restorers.   Art Restoration Furniture is known for a long time. In the XVII and XVIII cc. well-known master furniture along with the creation of new products restored old furniture, often while recasting it in accordance with the fashion of his time. In those days, for furnishings treated as purely utilitarian items or ornamental, it does not seen a monument of culture and sought to keep her in the original the form.   In the XIX century there were already large firms that engage in the restoration of ancient of furniture. This is due to the development of machine-made furniture, crisis crafts, the market entry of cheap, but rude and imperfect products made by machine. Authentic antique furniture became rarity, it began to appreciate and restore. However, during this period at restoration allowed transformation and distortion of furniture. At restoring furniture restorer of a certain style in case of loss  compensated for their individual elements according to your taste and your ideas about this style.