By Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Just as a sour note can dull a symphony, the wrong frame can flatten the most magnificent of paintings. So when the Metropolitan Museum of Art decided to reframe one of its most popular — and largest — paintings, it turned to framer extraordinaire Eli Wilner to recreate a surround for the monumental and historically important “George Washington Crossing the Delaware.” For Wilner, this was the most challenging project to date for the firm he established 26 years ago this September. The artisan began his craft in a fifth floor walkup with $6,000 he earned running the framing department at another gallery where the sale of antique frames was not permitted. Those were the days when museums and galleries routinely discarded period frames in favor of the contemporary, or even the frameless, and Wilner was ready and waiting to scoop them up. Today, it is a different story; period frames are treasured and Wilner’s creations are highly esteemed. The company counts among its clients, in addition to the Met, the Smithsonian, the White House, Yale University, the New-York Historical Society.
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Fifty-Six Dealers Put On A Good Show At Antiques In The Valley
For the most part, Antiques in the Valley had a very country look, with a scattering of more formal pieces, with painted surfaces, scrubbed tops and old finishes well in the majority at its June 19 and 20 edition.
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 Fifty-Six Dealers Put On A Good Show At Antiques In The Valley For the most part, Antiques in the Valley had a very country look, with a scattering of more formal pieces, with painted surfaces, scrubbed tops and old finishes well in the majority at its June 19 and 20 edition.
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Newcomb College Pottery Vase Brings Record $169,200 At Neal Auction A highly important Newcomb College Pottery vase sold June 27 at Neal Auction Company, setting a new auction record for a Newcomb object at auction.
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Springfield’s D’Amour Museum Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary Commemorating its 75th anniversary, the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts has organized a multigallery exhibition that tells the history of the museum through its artwork. “A Tradition of Excellence: The D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts Celebrates 75 Years” will be on view through February 21.
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Jun 9th, 09- Antiques, Art & Fossils Stolen From Estate In Gainesville, Fla. The theft of works of art, antiques fossils, and collectibles was reported on May 7 from an estate in Gaineville, Fla. The home was broken into between May 4 and May 7.
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