#FineArtisanWorkshop - Case Study: Custom Alterations

Slight alterations to frames can have impressive effects. For this 20th Century Impressionist painting  of Montmartre by Charles Malle, we created a frame to our client's specifications.

We began with various hand finished samples to decide on shape, width and colour combinations. The final combination chosen was a large frame with a wide frieze between raised astragals with a pale grey and white distressed paint finish.

Our client, however, decided a slightly deeper tone was needed, so we replaced the pale grey with a  darker, bluer hue.

The colour alteration created a bolder frame with the darker frieze enhancing the whiteness of the astragals, which then brought out the cool tones in the painting. Our client was very pleased with the result.

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