At Master Framers, we have the ability to mill our own mouldings and create our own very custom frames to order. While we have over 300 different profile knives (shapes) to choose from, we often design new knives to use, based on drawings our customers bring to us, or from historical frames we have seen. This variety is what allows us to create special frames for your art. Our custom frames are built and finished one at a time, measured to fit precisely and to allow the proper depth for canvases or other special depth requirements. In addition, our staff can hand carve a frame or use a decorative corner or pattern from the collection of over 2000 composition molds that we own. We can also make our own molds by casting patterns from antique frames or by hand carving a design that we want to duplicate.
Our finish possibilities cover a wide spectrum as well, from natural woods, stains, paints, metal leaf and karat golds in white, yellow and hues in between. Each frame is toned to work with your artwork. Attention to detail is as important to us as it is to you.
Italian frame for a painted porcelain piece
This frame came to us in a box in many pieces after being stored in a barn for many years. This view shows most of the repairs prior to gilding.
This shows the completed restoration job, with a 22k gold finish.
These frames are interesting to restore because of the curves and three dimensional aspects. They are also interesting to fit the art back into. We don\'t want to break one of the leaves!
This is a mass produced frame often seen on paintings. It has been repaired and re-gilded and toned so it retains an aged appearance.
This is a mass produced frame seen on many paintings. This is typical of the damage often seen on this kind of frame.
Here you can see the finished frame detail.
The corner has been re-built. Next it will be prepared for the gilding then gilded and toned to match the rest of the frame.
This is a federal mirror frame showing half before the restoration and half after the restoration.