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Framing
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Antique frames and fine art restoration
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Julius Lowy Antique Frames and Fine Art Restoration has served the framing and restoration needs of New York’s finest museums, galleries, auction houses and art-lovers for over one hundred years. The company has over five thousand antique frames, ranging in origin from the sixteenth to twenty-first century (including an enviable stock of Stanford Whites). This is the largest collection of frames in the world, and all are on display in Lowy’s 4,000 square foot showroom neighboring the D&D Building. The restoration department, which accounts for thirty percent of Lowy’s business, was the official restorer for Salvador Dalà for many years, and the firm has done work for contemporary artists Arbit Blatas, John Currin, George Condo, Stephen Scott Young and Jamie Wyeth.
Originally started by Julius Lowy in 1907, the Shars purchased the business in 1956, and it has been in their family for three generations since, leading to what sources call a "friendly, personable feeling" at the firm. While there’s space for painting, fitting and gilding in the showroom, it’s Lowy’s 10,000 square foot production facility in Queens that houses its twenty five full-time artists, each highly specialized. The entire staff is "informed and makes you feel at home."
Restoration services are priced by the hour, and employees always give an estimate beforehand. Clients are required to pay a fifty percent deposit upfront, and restorers from Lowy will even go locally to a potential client’s home to look at pieces. Though art repair and restoration at Lowy can range from $500 to $15,000, the average project costs around $3,000. For frames, pricing depends on the rarity and age of frame and the labor involved. However, prices at Lowy can range quite high. If you like an antique frame from their collection but can’t afford the original, Lowy can usually reproduce it for less. Reproduction prices are based on labor and materials, and can range from $3,000-$10,000. Despite the steep prices, with one-of-a-kind frames and singular service, it’s no wonder Lowy has been a New York institution for over a century.
Representative Client Comments:
"They have always gone out of their way to accommodate us, whether it was adapting an antique frame for a specific picture or making a reproduction." "One often thinks of Lowy for super high end frames (which they have) but they also offer more reasonably priced stock framing, making Lowy one stop shopping." "Lowy has a large and diverse inventory of historic frames that enables me to select a reproduction or an original frame that is correct for the work I am dealing with. That is why I have used them since 1980."
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