Conservation Framing

All of our custom framing is done on the premises to high standards that will protect your art for years to come. For those items that are very valuable or very special, we offer museum quality conservation framing that will afford you the highest degree of preservation.

Non-Reflective Coating vs Plain Glass Comparison (left)

This is an old photo mounted with photo corners on an embossed suede backing and matted with suede that has been airbrushed to look aged.

The frame is glazed on the left side with optically coated glass to reduce reflection and the right side is glazed with regular glass. 11 1/2" x 14 1/2"

Antiqued Portrait (right)

Beautiful old photo matted with a lightly aged arch top mat with gold lines, in a gold frame. 12" x 14"

Comparison of non-reflective glass verses regular glass

Portrait of great-grandmother with Antiqued matting and frame

'Forties Photograph with hand-painted design (left)

This old photo is matted with an off-white mat with a panel painted bevel and a hand-painted decorative design. 8" x 9"

Antique Shell Print (right)

This antique print is done in a traditional fashion with marbleized paper panels, gold lines, and a painted bevel with a walnut burl frame. 12" x 17"

Older photo with a hand-painted decorative design on the matting.

Antique Shell Print with Walnut burl frame

Gody print in period frame (left)

Gody print with finished corner period frame, with french lines, hand painted panels, and marbleized paper panels. 16" x 20"

Sepia-toned Photograph (right)

This old photo is done in an antique silver frame with a wheat pattern.

The photograph is mounted on a silk mat with inset corners and a silver line. 10" x 13"

Framed sepia-toned photograph in an antique wheat patterned silver frame

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