Gold Leaf Frame Restoration

We restore frames of all kinds from the simplest wooden styles to the most ornate carved gilt designs.

Gold leaf frame restoration. Corner details of the before and after images of the repaired frame. Our picture frame restoration and gold leaf restorationdepartment restores and preserves original frames with the same care and attention to detail as the paintingsthey surround. Our mission is to provide the best quality workmanship and customer service possible for our clients. The paint was removed and repairs were made and the frame was water gilded in 23k gold leaf and antiqued to match the artwork and to meet the client s preferences.

Step 4 lay the gold leaf piece onto the area of the object that needs to be repaired. Following such repairs the piece can be patched or re gilded and aged. Frames designed and built specially to house the art within so they deserve skillful preservation. Whatever your budget we can.

For the gold leaf make sure your hands are clean and very dry. Dont use any lotion before you work on this part. A total score at the thrift store turned into disaster when our clients gilded mirror falls off the wall and is destroyed. The frame presented with a heavy over painted finish and damaged ornamentation.

At gold leaf restoration we provide extensive expertise in the conservation and restoration of frames furniture art objects and more. Gilding frame restoration by melody scarborough scarborough studio has provided exceptional restoration services for collectors museums galleries and individuals for 23 years. We step in and perform a really fu. This often involves structural work to keep them stable recasts of missing or warped ornamentation and refinishing whether with gold leaf or another appropriate finish.

We use traditional water gilding and mordant gilding techniques and materials historically appropriate to each object. Place a butter knife onto the top corner of the gold leaf anf gently peel the gold leaf off of the sheet. Take a sheat of leaf and gently lay it on one long edge of the frame and then drape th leaf back away from the rest of the frame and glue.