Frames are both functional items and decorative objects with artistic value. Due to their very nature, they are particularly subject to change through redecoration, modification...
Project Case Studies:
The framing of works of art plays a significant part in their interpretation and appreciation. That said, when should notions of authenticity lead one to replace a frame?
The use of scientific analysis in frames conservation can be illustrated by a case study of the frame formerly housing Sir Joshua Reynolds' The Age of Innocence (?1788).
After consultation with collections curators, it was decided that without further information regarding the design of this painting's original frame, the new frame...
For a frame conservator, making a replica frame for a painting is always a challenging project. Determining what frame is correct...
Until the end of the eighteenth century, picture frames were either plain timber or gilded and carved. As the number of people...
