Mirror with antique black frame and teal rub

Mirror with antique black frame and teal rub

This huge mirror needed a new frame, and my client picked a classic wide cassetta frame.  Traditionally it’s black paint over red or terra cotta with the black rubbed through to show some red (like my Antique Dutch Black frames), but this guy was only...
Milk painted frame with worn through edges

Milk painted frame with worn through edges

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...