How satisfying to give an old piece a new, more protective home. The antique Asian bookplate was in a frame that had fallen apart and under a mat that had cause acid burns to it. The thin chamfered profile was stained in a cherry color, then milk painted in a...
This is a 1909 antique book plate, 4″ X 5 1/4″, from an engraving by William Henry Wesley of the Royal Astronomical Society called “Total Eclipse of the Sun, 17th May, 1882″ (Plate VII from History of Astronomy by George Forbes). This frame is...
This antique book plate is framed in an antiqued 1 3/4″ basswood cassetta frame (espresso stain) with a slender off-white mat. The antiquing process is to first distress the raw, joined frame, then stain it, seal it, smooth with fine steel wool, then glaze it...
This antique book plate is a hand tinted black & white photo titled The Mouth of Pima Canyon, Santa Cruz Mountains (Plate 54). It’s framed in an antiqued basswood 1 1/4″ vintage panel profile with pilgrim maple stain and a bottom weighted solid core...
This is a black & white antique book plate captioned as “Giant Cactus, or Sahuara”. It’s framed in an antiqued basswood 1 1/4″ vintage reverse profile with a bottom weighted Antique Tan rag mat decorated with a gray watercolor panel...
