19th Century Marble Benches

SUBJECTS: Six (6) Ornate Carved Marble Benches

SCULPTOR: Unknown

MEDIUM: Marble

LOCATION:  Georgian Court University- Gould Mansion

(Architect Bruce Price)

900 Lakewood Ave

Lakewood, NJ 08701

YEAR DED.: ~ 1902

The six (6) ornate carved marble benches are most likely replicas of benches in the Vatican Garden. Bruce Price not only designed the Mansion and Casino buildings, he designed three of the four major gardens—the Italian, Sunken/Lagoon, and Formal Gardens—and these were created before 1910.

The benches were gently cleaned using Catherdaral Stone’s- Bio Cleaner. The cleaner was spray applied, slightly agitated with nylon brushes and then rinsed off using low pressure (35-40psi) filtered water. The benches were then coated with Cathedral Stone’s P97 Stone barrier- to allow water to escape while also preventing water from infiltrating the marble benches substrate.