Newmans, Ltd. - Art Object Restoration

I highly commend Howard Newman. Howard is an artist and a master silversmith with heart, vision, and skill. I came to him for restoration of a middle eastern silver and wood Torah case. The damage is shown in the figures. He studied the project, broke it down into tasks, and provided a plan that made sense. He solved many technical silver and wood problems. He enjoyed the process as much as I was pleased. The way he restored the top and bottom silver bands was an outstanding multi-step process. You can see the final result in the image of the completed unit. And he had to preserve the authenticity of the piece all along. We worked together and he delivered as promised.

“Over the years, the Newmans have restored bronzes, silver, and stone sculptures for us. The first piece they did for us was a Nineteenth Century French bronze of Louis XIV on a stone base. Recently, we visited the Newmans and saw that they were restoring marble busts for Brown University, and asked Howard and Mary to take a look at a few marble busts of ours. So far, they have beautifully restored two of them – one of Hadrian, and the other of Caesar Augustus. Along with their restoration work, they arranged to have them professionally removed from our home, and then personally reinstalled them. We look forward to having Howard and Mary do more work for us when the time comes.” Diana from Newport

I chose Newmans's Ltd. to restore a 1733 sundial after a thorough screening of art object restoration businesses. I found Howard Newman to be very professional and sensitive to the historicity of my sundial, the earliest in the Carolinas. I will recommend Newman's to those who want the best for their art object restoration needs.