Just how do you treat 350-year-old dolphin chairs decorated with gold that has been flaking off for decades? The answer: gilder's liquor, ultra-delicate gold leaf and many, many hours of concentration and effort; or... The Midas Touch! National Trust furniture conservator Nicola has it, and after conservation these surfaces will ‘shimmer and glow, revealing gilded Dolphins with ruby red highlights swimming through silvered water elements’. 📺 Hidden Treasures of the National Trust: All episodes