Hand_Deco

Please be fore warned: A number of these photographs were made nearly 40 years ago. Please accept our apology for their condition and clarity.

FAUX PAINTING and GRAINING

It seems this art concept has no beginning or end. Faux painting and graining has been around since man devised a paint brush. During the Italian Renaissance the old masters took this innovation to its zenith. Michelangelo in particular, used this technique when executing the Sistine Chapel. There after faux painting and graining has been applied to nearly all thinkable surfaces including glass, metals, walls and yes, it can even be seen bonded in the Formica on your kitchen counter top.

This is a small sample selection of faux painting and graining created at our studio

FAUX PAINTING and GRAINING


1-tortoise shell chest	2-tortoise shell chest	3-tortoise shell chest	4-tortoise shell chest	1-tortoise shell tray	2-tortoise shell tray

1-pedestal original	2-pedestals malachite silver leaf	3-pedestals malachite silver leaf	roundtable marbleized silver leaf	small chest marbleized	vanity table gold leafed marbleized

HAND PAINTED and DECORATED FURNITURE

Hand decorated furniture was another advent during the Italian Renaissance. With the discovery of new techniques and paint chemistry the artist took the next logical step and transformed a common piece of furniture into a unique individualistic work of art. I have carried on this same tradition to the point where I am able to take a piece of furniture and transform it as if centuries old or, vice versa.

Below is but a fraction of furniture hand decorated at the studio.


1-cabinetry	2-design_scketch	3-finished	4 finished	1-dresser	2-dresser

3-dresser	desk	1-desk	2-desk	1-florentine dresser in maggiolino style	2-florentine bench in maggiolino style

florentine side table in maggiolino style	-florentine dressing table in maggiolino style	1-florentine table in maggiolino style	2-florentine table in maggiolino style	3-florentine table in maggiolino style	1-decorated cabinet-house

2-decorated cabinet-house	3-decorated cabinet-house	4-decorated cabinet-house	decorated chair with gold leaf	fantasy finish	sideboard fish detail
		MORE SOON!
mirror frame	round side table

FABRIC MATCH DESGNS


1 - fabric match	2 - fabric match	3 - fabric match	4 - fabric match	5 - fabric match

WROUGHT IRON SAMPLES

This wrought iron table base was designed at our studio and faux finished with added texture to resemble a hammered / scaly effect.

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