Houston · Period frames & replicas
Historically Accurate Replicas & Period Frames
We produce faithful reproductions of carved and gilded period frames originating from America, England, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Italy. Using authentic historical materials and techniques, each frame is tailored precisely to the artwork's era, regional roots, and aesthetic intent.
The workshop ethos
Historical accuracy is a rigorous discipline.
A truly successful period frame relies on matching the artwork's specific timeline in every dimension. Our craftsmen analyze historical documentation and museum originals to hand-carve timber, execute incised gesso and sgraffito detailing — scratching through layers to reveal underlying colors — cast composition elements, and implement time-honored finishes such as Dutch ripple mouldings and ebonized pearwood.
Regional heritage
The traditions we replicate.
Selected work
Frames that agree with their paintings.
New to period framing? Our primer Period Frames 101 walks through the major traditions and how a painting is matched to its era's frame.
In the studio now
A Prendergast frame, in the making.
Period framing is a living craft at our workbenches. These photographs show a frame currently in preparation for a Maurice Prendergast work — the profile milled and the ornament built up in the tradition of the American frames of Prendergast's own circle, ready for gesso, bole, and leaf.
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Once a work is yours, make us the first call.
Consultations at our Taft Street showroom, or at your home or office.
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