Creative Framing carries Carat Gold Leaf frames. These beautiful frames are hand carved especially to fit your picture, and then finished by hand to the tone of gold you choose.

Made by the same companies that make frames for the Metropolitan Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and other famous galleries, they are world class frames meant to hold some of the world's best art.

There are times when a piece of privately owned art is so wonderful that it deserves a gold leaf frame to show it off properly. Sometimes, it is the room that determines the need for a gold leaf frame. In a setting of fine antique frames and furniture, a gold leaf frame often fits more comfortably than a machine finished frame.

Only you can know if a gold leaf frame is the perfect treatment for your particular situation. When it is, Creative Framing is the place to come.

AMERICA'S PREMIER GOLD LEAF FRAME-MAKERS

• AMCI
• APF HOLDINGS
• NEW LOOK PICTURE FRAMES
• HUSAR PICTURE FRAMES
• THANHARDT-BURGER

AMCI: AMCI has been producing the finest quality, handcrafted, custom-made carat gold frames for over twenty years. All of their frames are hand finished to your specifications using the best materials available. Frames begin with select American hardwoods which are cut to size, then carved, joined and finished by hand. Their gesso is mixed with English whiting. The colored bole is mixed with French clay and rabbit skin glue. Polished semi-precious quartz agate stones are used to burnish the gold that has been beaten into almost transparent leaf in Italy and Germany. The techniques AMCI uses to carve and gild have remained virtually unchanged for over 500 years.

APF Holdings: APF is recognized as one of the nation's pre-eminent manufacturers of faithfully recreated period frames and mouldings. Their historic product range is the most extensive available and represents the history of the development of frames from the fifteenth century to the present. Selections include Spanish, Italian, English, Dutch, French and American periods. Their diversity and stylistic authenticity are executed to museum-quality standards. Using only the finest hardwoods and finishing materials, including 22 carat gold leaf, their skilled craftsmen combine time-honored traditions and state-of-the-art methodology to recreate the ageless beauty of the original antique frame entirely by hand.

New Look Picture Frames: This innovative frame-maker was established in 1975. For more than a quarter of a century they have specialized in round and oriental corner frames leafed with 22K gold of the highest quality. New Look Picture Frames manufactures over 200 different styles of moulding which are custom cut and hand finished the traditional way, and yet many have a contemporary flair. Their moulding styles range from a traditional scraffito and red scratch Italian style to a contemporary black lacquer and gold floater. New Look Picture Frames has the skills to produce some of the finest frames on the market today.

Husar Picture Frames: Husar Picture Frame Company is a family-owned and operated wholesale picture frame manufacturer. Established in Chicago in 1934 by Ervin A. Husar, the company is now in its fourth generation and still maintains the high standards of old world quality for which it is renowned.  All of the frames are custom handcrafted and hand finished in Chicago. They are cut and joined to the frames prior to finishing which means that all corners are finished corners; no seams are visible.

Thanhardt-Burger: Hand-Crafted Custom Frames: The Thanhardt-Burger Corporation is located in La Porte, Indiana. They specialize in the manufacturing of hand-made picture frames. The company started in 1927 for the purpose of framing prints and wholesaling them to fine furniture stores and department stores.  Today the Thanhardt-Burger Corporation offers hundreds of historically accurate American and European frame styles to frame shops, antique art dealers and galleries. Many of the frames are hand-carved from basswood; some are wood and composition pressed from old boxwood molds. Finishes are available in metal leaf, 12K and 22K gold.

(Please note that this site is for your information only – we hope that one day we will be able to provide you with the ability to order online. As of now, we can only cater to our in-store clients. We are however always more than happy to answer any questions you may have, so if you would like, give us a call at (434)-295-5426 or e-mail us at mail@artboxvirginia.com !)

uupdated 6-29-2009