Rhiannon Piper Conservation treats easel paintings, frames and gilded objects for private owners, dealers, auction houses and historic houses across Lancashire, Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales.

A family portrait with a tear, a landscape lost under yellowed varnish, an old restoration that has aged badly. Every painting starts the same way. Send me a few photographs and I'll tell you honestly what I see and whether treatment is worthwhile, free of charge.