January 2024

Period Frames – Our Top Galleries to see them in Ireland

By |2024-01-25T16:34:04+00:00January 10th, 2024|Antique Frames, Galleries, Period Frames, The Art World|

The National Gallery of Ireland Home to some of the most beautiful period frames in Ireland, and located in the centre of Dublin, The National Gallery of Ireland opened its doors to the public in 1864.   The Gallery currently has an extensive collection of Irish paintings, but is [...]

Woods Used In Picture Framing

By |2024-01-25T16:33:55+00:00January 1st, 2024|Antique Frames, Bespoke Frame Manufacturing, Period Frames, Personalised Frames|

Hard Wood and Soft Wood If you are considering a custom made picture frames there are many things to think about, for instance there are two types of wood categories, hard wood and soft wood.  Certain woods are better for building furniture and frames with than others. The [...]

November 2023

Frames at The Louvre, Abu Dhabi

By |2024-01-25T16:33:33+00:00November 23rd, 2023|Abu Dhabi, Curtain Pelmets, Galleries, Modern Frames, Period Frames, United Arab Emirates Frames|

Bringing Art Cultures Together The Louvre, Abu Dhabi has become a cultural beacon in the Middle East allowing different art cultures to come together.  The origins of this wonderful gallery date back to 2007 when then French and United Arab Emirates came together to create a new kind [...]

October 2023

Is My Frame A True Antique?

By |2023-10-12T16:09:36+00:00October 2nd, 2023|Antique Frames, Gold Leaf, Period Frames|

Antique Frames There are many fantastic reproductions of many things in the world today and Antique Frames is one of them. Antique Frames really are truly stunning pieces of craftsmanship and really do improve with time and age, adding character and value to the frame itself.  Being able [...]

September 2023

The Royal Collection Trust

By |2023-10-12T16:08:28+00:00September 21st, 2023|Antique Frames, Galleries, Gold Leaf, Period Frames, The Art World, United Kingdom|

The Royal Collection trust is exactly as it sounds, the art collection belonging to the British Royal Family. The collection is spread across 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the UK and is the largest private art collection in the world. This collection has many truly spectacular pieces [...]

July 2023

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art

By |2023-10-12T16:07:50+00:00July 25th, 2023|Antique Frames, Galleries, Gold Leaf, Modern Frames, Period Frames, The Art World, United States Frames|

History Of The Museum The Metropolitan Museum Of Art also known as The Met is based in New York City and is the largest art museum in the United States Of America. The Museum first opened its doors to the public on the 20th February 1872.  It had [...]

Alte Pinakothek Art Museum

By |2023-10-12T16:10:12+00:00July 1st, 2023|Antique Frames, Galleries, Period Frames, The Art World|

History Of The Alte Pinakothek Art Museum Located in the Kunstareal area in Munich, Germany the Alte Pinakothek Art Museum is one of the oldest galleries in the world and is home to a significant collection of old master paintings.  The gallery building was built in 1826 for [...]

June 2023

The Top 4 Art Galleries In Africa

By |2023-10-12T16:08:04+00:00June 24th, 2023|Africa, Galleries, Modern Frames, Period Frames, The Art World|

The Pretoria Art Museum The Pretoria Art Museum is located in Arcadia Park, Pretoria in South Africa and occupies an entire city block.  The collection of art began in the 1930's but it was in 1932 it grew in size when Lady Michaelis gave a large number of [...]

Top 4 Art Galleries In India

By |2023-10-12T16:07:57+00:00June 7th, 2023|Antique Frames, Galleries, India, Modern Frames, Period Frames, The Art World|

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai The Jehangir Art Gallery was founded by Cowasji Jehangir and built in 1952.  The gallery is located in Kala Ghoda and sits behind the Prince of Wales Museum in South Mumbai near the Gateway of India. The Jehangir Art Gallery has 4 main exhibition [...]

February 2023

Mammoth Masterpieces And Their Frames

By |2023-02-15T18:47:28+00:00February 11th, 2023|Antique Frames, Modern Frames, Period Frames, The Art World|

Famous Historical Large Paintings In the art world there are many stunning works of art in all various genres, shapes and sizes. Art can range from a small sketch to towering sculptures and anything in between.  For decades artist have continued to play with scale and through history [...]

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