Our client Aline Soules brought in this pair of recently conserved oil painting portraits of her grandparents, courtesy of Art Conservation de Rigeur, from circa turn of the last century. She was great to work with and immediately grasped that understatement could be a successful way of approaching the frame architecture.
While some may have followed an impulse toward greater opulence/embellishment with the frame design, she opted instead for using a clean walnut profile with a modicum of detailing to contextualize then with their era, while making them pleasurable to contemporary eyes. They came out beautifully. Also, these were the last frames made at Sterling by the talented Bobby McCole, aka @pyramidrecords . Enjoy!
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