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Old 08-13-2003, 11:56 PM   #1
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Pino - Chris Saper's suggestion

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Beth,

Knowing you are a Pino fan, have you seen the frames he's been using for the past couple of years? I think it might be great for this painting. For your painting, the scale would be similar to the gold sample you showed above, but the frame is a matte black wood (no ornamentation, just simple mitered corners -- preferable filled -- with a gold-leaf thin band set slightly out from the rabbet.) A fillet could work, but for the look to work, the gold has to be matte, too. I haven't seen frames like this in catalogues, but I thought of it right away for this charming piece.
This was a suggestion that Chris made a lifetime ago for a small oil I had done.

This week I was in Bloomfield Hills, MI and had to chance to visit a gallery with a ton of Pino's. I am not sure if this was the frame that Chris refered too, but they were all framed a like. Simple black with black beads (I can't remember the technical name), I was surprised to see a larger, at least 1 1/2 inch linen liners too.

I have tried to do a rough illustration of the frame, please don't hold me too it, Chris maybe you can tell me if this is close?
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