Frame Designs
custom frame shop and art gallery
2010 College Ave., Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
540-371-0567
info@framedesignsgallery.com
Hours ~ Tues. - Fri., 10 - 6; Sat.,10 - 3; closed Sunday and Monday
2010 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
ph: 540-371-0567
info
Framing
Framing Photo Album
French MatsThese handpainted embellishments to your mats are the perfect accompaniament to antique florals as well as certificates, and documents. The soft painted border is often edged with a marble paper strip and gold, silver, or colored painted lines.
Specialty cuts can add a lot to an image. This piece was cut in the shape of a lighthouse.
All of these objects came from The Fredericksburg Hardware store. The article is about the closing of the store. This framing was very bittersweet.
Tweety was handpainted on the mat around these fun stamps by an artist that does work for us. What a great touch!
Let us personnalize your frame with hand painted names or phrases. This frame was raw wood. We added the words and the stain. The possibilities are endless with frames like this.
This is the front and back of a Pink Floyd souvenir. The album is nestled into a circle mat. It is cradled by acid free rag board so that it is allowed to float within its mat nest. The frame is a simple metal frame, not shown here. But the fun part is that there is a hinge on one rail of the frame to allow the owner to remove the piece and flip it around. You never know what side of an album you want to view!
What a wonderful job we have as framers. People bring us not only their artwork but their memories to preserve and present. Over the years we have seen many interesting and different things. Unfortunatly we didn't capture everything with a photo but we do remember the most unusual.
Here are just a few examples of the cool things we have framed over the years.
A deer skin from around 1740 that had a map painted on it. The map was created as it's artist traveled around Virginia on horseback.
A hand crocheted doilie and the pattern book that our customer's great aunt used to create it.
An old needlepoint project started when our customer was a baby. She found the project among her mothers things in an attic. She finished it and had it framed.
A dog collar, police badge and dog's teeth from a police dog that lost his life in the line of duty.
A turkey butt, fresh from the taxidermist.
The quilt made by volunteers that hangs in the hospital.
Old show posters from "Country Joe and the Fish" and "Big Brother and the Holding Company" These were bands in the 60's.
John Lennon memorabilia
License plates
A firefighter's suit, including boots and gloves.
A circuit board - it represented the first one made by a local company.
A collection of antique doorknobs
Subway maps from a customer's travels
2010 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
ph: 540-371-0567
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