The ‘Studio of Exhaustion From Diligent Service’ is the fancy name for the retirement home the Qianlong Emperor built within the Forbidden City, but never used much, preferring to keep close watch over his son’s rule. The quarters were shut off and neglected when the City became a museum and the artwork within deteriorated over the years. A $3 million restoration, run jointly by the Palace Museum in Beijing and the World Monuments Fund, is now complete and will soon be open to the public. It reveals intricate craftsmanship, amazing both for its antiquity and its handiwork by present day artists who were brought in to recreate almost lost techniques.