by April Hann Lanford | Sep 30, 2025 | Custom Mounts, Projects
A well-designed museum mount should provide dependable support while remaining visually unobtrusive. For this pre-Columbian sculpture, our studio created a custom mount that allows the object to be displayed securely and appreciated from multiple angles without...
by April Hann Lanford | May 20, 2025 | Custom Framing, Projects
Few albums have had the cultural impact of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Released in 1982, the album became a defining work in popular music and remains one of the most recognizable records ever produced. When an album cover is autographed, it also becomes a...
by April Hann Lanford | Apr 12, 2025 | Custom Framing, Projects
Fu Manchu was not only a fictional literary villain, it was also the stage name used by the celebrated British-born magician and illusionist David Bamberg (1904–1974) in the early to mid 20th century. The last member of a multigenerational family of magicians,...
by April Hann Lanford | Dec 9, 2024 | Custom Framing, Projects
An Inspired Charles Prendergast Frame for a Turn of the Century Portrait Charles Prendergast was a renowned frame-maker at the turn of the century. He is the brother of painter, Maurice Prendergast. Charles believed picture frames should “bring out...
by April Hann Lanford | Nov 8, 2024 | Conservation, Projects
A cherished still life before treatment. We received this striking still life from 1960 in need of conservation. The artist applied the oil paint to a primed canvas using a paintbrush and pallet knife. The technique created a heavy, textured impasto...
by April Hann Lanford | Sep 30, 2024 | Custom Framing, Projects
The creation of a custom gilded frame for an heirloom portrait A Portrait by William Carqueville This beautiful portrait from the early 1930s was painted by Chicago artist, William Carqueville (1871-1946). He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and briefly...