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along with two others, it tells the story of prince cadmus, the founder of the city of thebes. for 200 years, it s hung next to lyme park s grand drawing room in the stag parlour. but its weight, and sunlight, have caused significant damage. it s starting to pull apart the stitching, so we ve got splits over here. big holes. that s it. and all the faces, you can see that they ve got their features here, but once it s washed, all the colours will come back. and although the light will have faded the colours, this beautiful red will become even brighter. the restoration will cost around £150,000 and take over 1,000 hours. rosamund is one of the conservators who ll be working on it. we ll strip it down, surface clean it and then send it off to a facility in belgium. it s like a large shower cubicle and it s really efficient at removing the dirt. and then it will come back to the studio and we ll put it