
Just a quick reminder that the Boston ABAA Book Fair is November 13-15. TheShadow Show will be on the 14th. It is going to be a great biblio-weekend in Boston.We'll be bringing our usual broad swath of fine press and bindings to unusual esoterica. I've had some amazing new material arrive and loo...
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Giveaway | 11.03.09Originally uploaded by selflesh So I am having another selflesh giveaway over here. Yay! In order to qualify, simply become a facebook fan of selflesh and then leave a comment under the giveaway image.Of course if you don't win this piece it's also available in my shop, along w...
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Artifacts: Gilders, Frame makers, Restorations, and Fine Art Gallery This article supports one of the reasons I educate my clients on the benefits of getting hand-made frames from a shop like Artifacts---we exclusively use domestic forest products for our finished frames. Too many distributors still sell Ramin based wood products in their catalogs
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The logging of Indonesian ramin wood, a material used in such products as pool cues and picture frames, has largely been made illegal by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) ...

October marks the second month of our year-long give-aways celebrating our Twentieth year in business as Artifacts...

Artifacts: Gilders, Frame makers, Restorations, and Fine Art Gallery Some of these photos will probably end up in one of my blogs, so please forgive the redundancy, but I'm too darn excited to have just finished this project and I need to share!

As promised--- we are beginning our year long celebration of being in business as Artifacts for twenty years. The official anniversary will be next July, only, like with birthdays, I like to celebrate these sorts of things as a season...

Artifacts: Gilders, Frame makers, Restorations, and Fine Art Gallery Reposting image from the Tajan catalog sale 2005 because the link seems to be broken. Inspiration comes from many sources: in this case it is the gold and lacquer work of Gaston Suisse on a circa 1925 folding screen: lacquer, with gold leaf, oxidized white gold, copper, and silver leaf.

Artifacts: Gilders, Frame makers, Restorations, and Fine Art Gallery The intrepid Jacob Simon at the National Portrait Gallery is a great resource for historic information
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Fig. 1 - Transitional picture frame, corner detail (sight size 83.8 x 57.2 cm, section width 20.3 cm) stamped P.F.MILLET for Pierre-Francois Millet (master carver at the Academy of St Luc, 12 November, 1760, master carpenter 1767). Arnold Wiggins & Sons Ltd, London, no. 8272.

Artifacts: Gilders, Frame makers, Restorations, and Fine Art Gallery The past is always a rich source for inspiration...
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Roberto Lodi Antiquario Cornici Antiche - Old Frames Antique Dealing - Via Fonte D'Abisso 10 - Modena - Italy Tel. +39 059 224604

One of the most rewarding aspects of our business is being able to share with clients our passion for art history, especially the wealth of it here in Maine. When visiting clients at their homes, it is exciting to see their collections and to learn new things...

Artifacts: Gilders, Frame makers, Restorations, and Fine Art Gallery latest blog post:
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Many of the projects brought into our shop are older works of art which need some special attention. Works on paper framed decades or centuries ago are often in need of the most care. I’m ...
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