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Tag Archives: Gold Leaf Frame

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Boston’s Forefathers in Frame Making – Foster Brothers

Art News, Boston Art News, Frame HistoryBy Liz LevittNovember 2, 2018

There is no denying Boston has an incredibly rich history which — to no one’s surprise — spills into the art of frame making. A few frame making pioneers called Boston home and one of our favorites has to include Foster Brothers. From 1893 to 1942, brothers Stephen Bartlett Foster and John Roy Foster designed…

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Behind the Scenes: Gold Leaf Frame Prep

About A Street FramesBy Liz LevittNovember 17, 2016

There is a lot that needs to be done to a frame before it goes up to be gilded. For us at A Street Frames, that means milling the frame, cutting it and then joining it. After that, the frame goes through a special process we’ve developed over the years that prepares it for our…

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Framing Challenge: Stretching and Framing Oversized Artworks on Raw Linen

A Street Frames News, Oversize FramingBy Liz LevittAugust 17, 2016

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…

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