Restoration Projects: Brown University
Marble Busts and Statuary Restoration for the John Hay Library
As part of Brown’s extensive restoration of the Hay Library in 2014, the University contacted us to clean the marbles’ surfaces, replace broken fragments lost to time, and seal the busts’ surfaces to protect them. In the ongoing process of delving ever deeper into its vast archives and the greater awareness of the importance of historic preservation which began in the latter half of the Twentieth Century, the university uncovered several busts put in storage decades ago. These busts, now restored by Newmans, Ltd, have joined the Library’s displayed collection.
General Nathaniel Green bronze Plaque
Cast in 1927 for Brown University by the Gorham Foundry This plaque had remained on the wall of University Hall since its original dedication in 1927. In 2001, when Brown called us to see the plaque, aged residue from the popular
Brown University’s Rosenberger Medal
Made by The Gorham Foundry in 1919 . Updated 2007 to the present by Newmans’ Ltd. with CAD-CAM machined bronze and hand-applied brown patina The Rosenberger Medal is given to outstanding benefactors of Brown University. Newmans has been retained to
Little Bear Fountain
German and Italian, 1937 Cast bronze with green and brown patina, stone, brass Brown University The bronze came to us with heavy coats of paint and graffiti covering the fine modeled details of the bronze and the original patina. We