Rajasthan Textiles Finished and Installed

Posted by millerfenwood in Art Installation, Works on Textile

With the help of our new space, and its extra room, we were able to easily fit these wonderful textiles into shadow box plexiglass frames. Another variable caused by their size, was transportation. To return them we ended up renting a delivery truck, and then carefully installed them in the client’s home–a beautiful home that superbly presents these textiles. The shadow boxes are mahogany with custom liners covered in black linen with wool felt as a conduit to safely attach the textiles. This was our first large project in our new space and we couldn’t be happier with the space and with what it allows us to do.

Rajasthan Textiles

Posted by millerfenwood in Works on Textile

These magnificent works are natural, hand embroidered textiles from the Rajasthan region, northwest India. Their craftsmanship is outstanding, and they largely remain in great condition except for some minor dirt contaminates and light staining in a few places. They will be cleaned and placed in archival shadow box plexiglass frames to give them the presentation they deserve.

The Restoration of Elvis

Posted by millerfenwood in Custom Frames, Works on Textile

A velvet Elvis came in attached to a metal sign with several non-archival types of tape. At one point it had been cropped, which made several tears and cuts, as well as folded Elvis’ arm from view. The velvet itself had deteriorated and was in need of cleaning. Once it was removed from the metal sign, we worked from the reverse side to repair the breaks, cuts, and weak areas. It was then mounted onto a black mount and in-painting was carried out where necessary. The restoration was completed by placing Elvis in a new, custom frame with black rails and gilded, sgraffito corners.