1500+
Frame Samples
32+
Years of services
100%
Conservation Framing
About
A marriage of inspired design and preservation practices to ensure beauty that lasts.
Established in 1992, The Back Bay Framery is an independently female owned and operated small business. Proprietor Kerrie Thomas graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1988.
As a Certified Picture Framer, Kerrie, also a puzzle fanatic, loves to problem solve. Her ability to combine a timeless design aesthetic with practical and archival framing solutions for her clients sets her store apart from all others. With 32 years of experience in the custom picture framing industry, she is here to ensure the lasting beauty of your art.
The Back Bay Framery is inspired by what you cherish.
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Custom Framing
The Frame is perhaps the single most important component in dressing the room. Regardless of what you choose to have framed, a favorite piece of art, mirror, an object inherited from an ancestor or a newly acquired masterpiece, the right frame will add impact to the space.
Our classic museum profiles, artisan oxidized finishes, rustic hand-hewn styles and exotic hardwoods with contemporary appeal meet the demands of the most discriminating customers.
By using only the finest in conservation materials, we can best ensure the lasting beauty of your work. We strive to create beautiful designs that reflect your personal style.
For the protection and conservation of all things framed and displayed... Photographs and Art need to be glazed with at least 97% UV protection to prevent irreversible damage.
Alpharag Artcare Museum
Alpharag® Artcare Museum boards are a full range of superior quality boards, made from select 100% virgin cotton fiber and featuring the patented MicroChamber® technology. This board provides a preventive conservation mechanism unavailable in any other museum board, utilizing a unique combination of zeolites and buffering to trap preacidic gases and neutralize their associated acids and degradative by-products. Alpharag Artcare is available in a comprehensive range of lightfast, non-bleeding colors.
Rising Matboard
Legion paper's unique methods of manufacturing, content purity and quality make Rising Conservation and Museum Board an ideal choice for lasting performance. The cotton used to manufacture Rising Museum Boards is not from the puffy white flower that we all recognize as cotton, but rather the linters, or byproduct, from the textile industry. Textiles are made using the longest, highest-quality fibers – the rest is discarded. This wasted cotton is salvaged and used to manufacture Rising Museum Boards. Nothing could be more eco-friendly than reusing a product that is considered waste.
Crescent Museum
Crescent Premium Museum RagMat boards provide optimum archival protection for fine works of art on paper. Recommended for valuable original works of art, rare and antique documents and items of historical importance. Crescent RagMat Museum Solids are made from 100% Cotton. With a solid color throughout, acid-free, and lignin-free. These extra rigid boards are finished with a special surface sizing for French matting and art media.
Services
Installation bookings are an important part of any framing purchase. Consultations, delivery and installation of your artwork, are the kinds of added services that complete the framing experience.
Collections can be displayed as an organic array or a more free-form eclectic collage. Your favorite pieces may evolve over time. You may prefer a tight, measured and linear display of photographs to best show them off. Placement of your art is as vital as the initial frame design itself. Hire us as an expert installer to handle this aspect for professional results.
Art Installation Rates: $150.00 per hour with a 2 hour minimum charge.
Dress your home or office with original works of art, photographs or antique maps from our inventory of local artists work. Paintings, prints and photographs make an impact and enhance the mood as they complement the fine furnishings in your home or office.
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