Dear loyal ASF Clients, As of March, 2024, we made the difficult decision to close our Boston/SOWA showroom. We hope that in the near future we can find a new space in the heart of Boston for a showroom that will serve our Boston clientele, including the galleries that are in the SOWA district. In…
Due to extraordinary circumstances surrounding the national supply chain and ongoing production issues related to the pandemic, we remain unable to commit to hard and fast order delivery dates. Unfortunately, this situation extends to orders placed during the holiday season. While every effort will be made to complete orders as quickly as possible and to…
We have received a lot of questions regarding our schedule for reopening our retail showrooms. As of Monday, June 8th, the governor of Massachusetts has allowed retail businesses to reopen with restrictions. Below is some information we hope will help clarify the situation for our clients. Our Cambridge showroom is open for curbside…
On May 18th, Governor Baker announced that manufacturers in Massachusetts are allowed to return to work during Phase One. Right now, we are busy complying with the newly state-mandated protocols; making infrastructure improvements to our facilities that will ensure the highest safety standards for all our employees and clients. We are getting back up to…
During the last couple of months, we have had the unique opportunity to frame dozens of 19th Century photographs by photographer William Goldman (1856-1922), for the show, Working Girls, currently on view at the Ricco/Maresca Gallery, in Manhattan. Goldman, who lived and worked as a commercial photographer in Reading, Pennsylvania, was also apparently a regular…
Every so often, we get requests for quotes from our frame shop clients to take on large custom framing projects that are too large for those shops and their facilities to handle. Last October, we quoted out one such job that, by April of this year, turned into reality. The scope of the project involved…
Welcome! As we head into the summer we are as busy as I can remember being in our 35-year history. Thankfully, our entire 13,000 sq. ft. shop is air conditioned. We have just launched our new website and I couldn’t be more pleased with the result. We have Julie Levesque to thank, but we had…
We have a New Site! For the past year, we’ve been working hand in hand with the design firm Levesque Creative to develop and launch our brand new website. We would like to express our deep gratitude for Levesque Creative’s primary, Julie, who guided us patiently through the design process and delivered a uniquely designed…