Archival and Custom Framing

  • museum-grade materials and techniques, including archival mounting methods, UV-filtered glazing, and pH neutral frame packages.

  • specialized treatment and solution plans for works that may be particularly valuable or vulnerable, including mitigating environmental factors for safe and sustainable display.

  • one-on-one design consultations tailored to compliment your personal aesthetic and creative preferences.

  • assessments for pre-owned frames for possible retrofits, repairs, or alterations including material upgrades, resizing, or aesthetic modifications to bring an old frame back to life.

Collections Consulting and Care

  • assessment and implementation of the best archival practices for long-term preservation, including environmental care, ideal housing and materials, and handling protocols.

  • organization, digitization, and cataloguing services of special collections in accordance with established standards to improve access and long-term preservation.

  • evaluation of collection materials to identify preservation risks, implement interventions, and develop practical care plans.

Research

  • specialized research focused on artworks, artifacts, collections, architecture, and other material culture to uncover various points of interest, including historical contexts, provenance, valuations, and more.

  • interpretive, narrative, and historical reports including documentation for museum catalogues and exhibitions, community-based public history projects, and private interests.

  • customized approach for an optimal analysis based on your research interests, including archival research, object-based interpretations, architectural and genealogical traces, and more.

  • areas of expertise and close familiarity include American and European poster graphics and commercial ephemera, American decorative arts and architecture, and the American and British Arts and Crafts movements…but other areas of interest are very welcome!

An original photograph featuring a scene of mid-twentieth century Hawaiian surfers in a hand-crafted koa wood frame.
An original edition of the Saturday Evening Post from 1936 featuring a Norman Rockwell illustration entitled "Barbershop Quartet" floating in a handsome black and gold archival frame.
Original 19th-century lithographs by Jules Cheret expertly mounted and matted in our archival "museum package."
An assortment of rolled-up vintage posters ready to be preserved and catalogued for a private collector.
A hand-crafted and culturally significant Hawaiian shoulder cape framed in an artist-stained wood frame.
An example of custom-made preservation housing for a collection of antique handwritten letters.