The Village Framer is proud to offer complete frame restoration services by our talented staff member, Kate Bergquist.

Kate brings with her extensive experience in conservation, restoration and replication of historic gilded and painted frames. She specializes in the repair of missing finishes and ornamentation. Her treatments are respectful of original materials, preserving the aesthetics quality of the frame while maintaining evidence of its historic use.

Some past work other than gilded frame restoration:

• Shirley Town Hall — Shirley, Massachusetts — Gilded town hall letters
• Smith College — Massachusetts — Gilded frames restoration consultation
• Wadsworth-Longfellow House — Production of artwork for reproduction floorcloth
• Vermont State House — Montpelier, Vermont — Replication of missing plaster, ornamentation, cornices
• Strawbery Banke Museum — Portsmouth, New Hampshire — Floorcloth reproduction
• Stratton Tavern — Concord, Massachusetts — Conservation/restoration of original painted finishes (early 19th century stenciling
• New Hampshire Museum of History — Concord, New Hampshire — Reproduction of an early 19th century fireboard
• Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities — Spencer-Pierce-Little House, Massachusetts — Architectural paint conservation and restoration
• Shedd-Porter Memorial Library — Alstead , New Hampshire — Architectural paint finishes replication (late 19th century stenciling)
• Twin Farms — Barnard, Vermont — Pigmented plaster formulations
• United Church of Christ — Keen, New Hampshire — Ornamental plaster restoration