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Follow on Google News | Eli Wilner & Co Completes Historic 19th Century Frame Replication for Sotheby’sCompany replicates two of Sir Frederic Lord Leighton’s Tabernacle Frames
By: Trademark-PR The Eli Wilner Company, which is based in New York replicated the frames as both artists are noted Victorian painters that favored classical-style frames for their artworks. Frederic Lord Leighton was especially active in frame design much like the Pre-Raphaelites, and favored his original tabernacle-style designs for many of his paintings. Godward was a protégé of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (who also designed classically- Wilner used two of Sir Frederic Lord Leighton’s favorite tabernacle frames – One for Leighton and one for Godward. About the Eli Wilner Company Eli Wilner & Company is the world’s largest resource for antique American and European frames. Recently, Eli Wilner & Company completed reframing 28 paintings for the White House. As a specialist in period framing for over 30 years, Eli Wilner has worked with museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and auction houses such as Sotheby’s and Christie’s. With a collection of over 3,000 American and European frames, Eli Wilner & Company has been able to pair frames with paintings in a way that is consistent in terms of style, artistic composition and period. The company has created perfect marriages by uniting paintings with appropriate frames, enhancing both their quality and beauty. Among these are the paintings of Renoir, Monet, Picasso, Sargent, Eakins, Church, Bierstadt, Hartley, and O’Keeffe. End
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