Lucia Bianchi graduated from high school Liceo Parini – Milan - in 1979, and in 1981 qualified in the craft of wood carving and furniture restoration at the Institute of Arts and Restoration – Palazzo Spinelli in Florence, one of the most prestigious school of restoration in Italy.
After a period of work experience and apprenticeship in various major workshops in Florence and Milan, in 1983 she set up her own business in the same city. Her extensive experience and expertise earned her accreditation into the official register of Experts in Antique Furniture in the year 2000.
Over the past thirty years she has received commissions from the Monuments and Fine Arts Service (“Soprintendenza ai Beni Artistici e Storici”) for churches and museums, and she has worked on objets d’art and furniture of various kinds belonging to private collections. She can offer  a highly professional full-service furniture restoration and repair, from pickup to final delivery. Each piece - from the most common one of daily use to the most precious objet d’art - is restored according to the tradition, using best-quality materials and highly professional techniques.

CREDENTIALS

Parrocchia di Santa Maria della Passione di Milano, restoration of the wooden choirs and a number of polychrome wood sections of the two pipe organs of the same church. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Museo Civico di Villa Manzoni in Lecco, restoration of some furniture and boiseries belonging to Villa Manzoni. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Arcivescovado di Milano, restoration of a polychrome wood statue reproducing St Charles Borromeo and kept in the Archbishop’s Palace. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Villa Vigoni - Centro Studi Italo-Tedesco in Laveno di Menaggio (Co). Restoration of some furnishings of the villa. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Associazione Amici di Brera, restoration of some antique pieces of furniture belonging to the “Pinacoteca di Brera”. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan (2006 e 2007)
Sovrintendenza ai Beni Artistici e Storici della Lombardia, restoration of some pieces of furniture belonging to the historical furnishings of their buildings. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Parrocchia di S. Alessandro Martire in Cervignano d'Adda (Lo), restoration of a 17th Century confessional belonging to the same church. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Sovrintendenza ai Beni Artistici e Storici della Lombardia Occidentale, restoration of some neoclassical furniture forming part of the original historical furnishings of the Sovrintendenza premises. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan (1983 e 1984)
Parrocchia di S. Giorgio a Cuggiono (Mi), restoration of 15 frames belonging to the furnishing of the church of San Rocco in Cuggiono. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, restoration of the gilt frame around “Marie Antoinette’s embroidery” belonging to the furnishing of the National Centre for Manzoni Studies in Milan. Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan
Fondazione Adolfo Pini, restoration of a lacquered and gilt divan, Monuments and Fine Arts Service in Milan