Fixing A Framed Art Problem

Don’t you love it when you walk in a store, and something calls your name?  That happened to me last week when I stopped in at the very nice antique shop near my house.  I had not been there for months and months, and I just wanted to take a little browse around.  Within about 15 seconds, I spotted the sweetest pastel drawing of a mother and her infant child done in only reds.  It had been professionally framed once upon a time and had a red mat.  After I walked through the store and admired everything, I bought the art before leaving.

 

I could tell from the condition of the back of the piece that it was either very old, had been mishandled, or both.  I didn’t want to hang it on our wall looking like this, so I decided to repair it.

 

I removed as much of the old backing as possible and assembled the supplies that I would need.  When Michaels puts there scrapbook paper on sale, I always load up.  Luckily, I had two pieces on hand that looked like an old handwritten letter.  I thought those sheets of paper would be perfect because they would look like a letter written to the child by the mother.

 

 

The frame measures 13 by 13 inches, so I used one entire sheet and then “spliced” part of the second sheet to it at the bottom.  I was careful to match up the writing.  Even though this backing won’t be seen when it is hung, I wanted it to look nice also.

 

The results were perfect, and now it is hanging in a spot over a night stand in one of our bedrooms.

 

 

As in all of the rooms in our house, I have touches of red in this bedroom, and the art fits right in.

 

 

I didn’t see the artist’s name.  It might be covered by the mat.

 

Here’s a closer look.  Isn’t it sweet?

 

 

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