Here’s a stunning frame! I luckily landed on this page whilst searching the words “Carver Gilder Wardour Street” since recent research of mine in USA uncovered a picture frame labeled on back with those words. The maker also included the address number of 46. Do you know who occupied that particular space and possibly made this frame? After landing here I quickly created a wordpress account so that I could comment. I’m looking forward to thoroughly investigating your blog. WOOHOO! Barrie Lynn Bryant
This frame is a complete one-off, and so interesting because of how and why it was made. It should be on exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, London, some time in autumn this year if you are anywhere near. There were several framemakers in Wardour Street; I don’t know who was in no. 46, but there are some copies of the Post Office Directory & other trades directories for London online, so you could try searching them by this address (http://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll4/hd/ ). They aren’t all still available, so there are periods of time which won’t be covered, but you may be lucky. You could also try skimming the NPG Directory of framemakers alphabetically; it will take a bit of time, but you may hit the address this way (http://www.npg.org.uk/research/conservation/directory-of-british-framemakers.php ). Thank you – and good luck!
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Here’s a stunning frame! I luckily landed on this page whilst searching the words “Carver Gilder Wardour Street” since recent research of mine in USA uncovered a picture frame labeled on back with those words. The maker also included the address number of 46. Do you know who occupied that particular space and possibly made this frame? After landing here I quickly created a wordpress account so that I could comment. I’m looking forward to thoroughly investigating your blog. WOOHOO! Barrie Lynn Bryant
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This frame is a complete one-off, and so interesting because of how and why it was made. It should be on exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, London, some time in autumn this year if you are anywhere near. There were several framemakers in Wardour Street; I don’t know who was in no. 46, but there are some copies of the Post Office Directory & other trades directories for London online, so you could try searching them by this address (http://leicester.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll4/hd/ ). They aren’t all still available, so there are periods of time which won’t be covered, but you may be lucky. You could also try skimming the NPG Directory of framemakers alphabetically; it will take a bit of time, but you may hit the address this way (http://www.npg.org.uk/research/conservation/directory-of-british-framemakers.php ). Thank you – and good luck!
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