Movable heritage in full: furnishings, decorative objects, works.
From choosing what enters a house or a collection through to moving it across borders.
Curatorial and acquisition advisory on unique and design pieces: attribution and authorship, authenticity and integrity, condition and how invasive earlier restorations were, provenance and exhibition history.
Valuations and appraisals: rarity and what sets the price; valuations for insurance cover, probate and succession, the division of an inheritance, contribution in kind to a company, and as security for bank lending.
Managing collections and furnishings: inventories and cataloguing, preventive conservation, environmental monitoring, movements and loans, insurance.
Collections advisory: how the value holds over time, acquisition and disposal strategy, and the right channel for a sale.
Family estates and transfers between generations: alongside owners, lawyers, notaries and tax advisers.
Protection and circulation: objects declared of cultural interest under Italian law; certificates and licences for temporary and permanent movement, within the EU and beyond it; declarations and self-certifications; import certificates.
Decorated surfaces — frescoes, stuccowork, fitted decorative schemes — are the building, and their restoration is Architecture & Restoration. The care of the building that houses a collection is Heritage Programme Management.
An acquisition or an enhancement project can draw on tax relief, or pass through a public procurement procedure: that is the work of Funding & Tenders.