Custom Framing
We have been offering museum-quality framing since 1996. We carry a wide variety of moulding styles to complement everything from children’s art to old masterwork and we treat everything with equal care and attention to detail. Our designers, who have close to 40 years of experience between them, will help you make selections to enhance, preserve, and protect your art. Our goal is to have friends notice your artwork first and later remark on how well the framing strengthens the piece. Using only acid-free, archival materials, and a selection of museum-quality glass and acrylic, we are equipped to fulfill all of your framing dreams. We can, in fact, frame almost anything.
Framing Consultations Tuesday through Saturday Only
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Conservation & Restoration
Originally when a painting or frame looked dingy and dirty, was damaged and torn, or started to fall apart this item was restored. That is, the painting or frame was made to look new again. This was achieved through the process of excess restoration and much of the original painting or frame was lost(removed) or covered(grossly overpainted) and the original painting had been changed. When these additions were made, the process becomes refinishing more than restoration.
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Later conservation of paintings and frames developed rather than restoration. The process aims to conserve or preserve what exists of the original artwork with no new additions. The object of conserving a painting or frame is to make it look as if it has always been properly cared for and there is little or no evidence of present work applied in order to achieve this.
