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The Falls of Esgalduin

  This is the most recent addition to a set of frames previously made by John Davies Framing for the “Ring Quest” Stockholm Exhibition 2007. The large Triptych was designed by the artist and inspired by The Silmarillion. The frame and painting have been “works…

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Framing of Leonardo’s Salvatore Mundi

With only 3 days for manufacture, John Davies Framing recently undertook an ambitious project to carve, gild and deliver a frame for the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro There are 20 known versions of this composition of the Salvator Mundi, with…

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Platzer – Dorotheum Auction House

The Dorotheum Auction House in Vienna chose a polished frame with carved and gilded decoration for their painting of a musical group by Platzer. The painting went on to sell for over twice its estimate at EUR317,500.

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de Witte – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montreal

The Musée des Beaux Arts de Montreal chose a carved and gilded auricular style frame for a painting of a woman at a virginal by de Witte.

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An Exhibition of Gothic Imagination (from an article by Eva Mendgen)

  In this exhibition of Paul Raymond Gregory’s monumental paintings, the collaboration of craftsman frame-maker and patron is clearly demonstrated in the most dramatic and sympathetic manner. It shows how imaginative adaptions of traditional and off-beat frame designs can enhance and bring alive the theatrical…

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Fabritius Goldfinch – Mauritshuis

A 6.5cm wide black polished ebony cassetta frame was chosen by the Mauritshuis for their painting of a goldfinch by Fabritius. Reference: 32301 Sight size: 31.1 x 20.2cm Model: Ebony Cassetta

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