DRY CREEK GOLD LEAF INC

Custom frames, Gilding, Restoration

 

Frames are like wraps around your heart.

You must frame your pictures as if your soul is being sent.

Why would you not place it in the best carrier.

                                               Robert Henri 
 

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Current Projects
These are some of more recent projects. Check out our Past Projects also.

Adding Spandrels to an

18th Century Frame

Denver, CO

We were asked to install matching spandrels to an existing 18th Century frame. After the painting was cleaned, it was discovered that the upper corners had originally been blank. We need to incorporate the frame design into the spandrels.

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Buffalo Bill Museum

Golden, Colorado

A 5' x 7' original poster from the Buffalo Bill Wild West show framed in a 2" wide maple custom milled frame. After the art was treated by a paper conservator, is was framed with spacers, plexi, and rag backed sub frame.

 

See it in process

The Wildlife Museum

Parker, Colorado

A 5' x 10' frame with full cast corners and carved length for a Larry Fanning painting. Finished in a 13 karat gold with a maple burl veneer panel

 

 
A Display Easel

Designed to display a family portrait  circa 1890 , the easel needed to blend with the period frame on the portrait.

 

The easel has adjustable gilded stays  on top of the vertical supports, and  the gilded bases are decorated with a compo leaf ornament.

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