I have always been swept away with victorian times, the lavish costumes, and delicate ways that are described in famous writings and pieces of artwork.
It seems like I tend to look for artwork for my walls more and more these days with the same theme. This is my most recent acquisition from the shopggoodwill.com auction site. (Actually, I just won another piece that should be on its way soon.)
When this lovely item arrived well packaged, I was very unhappy to find the glass was broken in several places even though it had been well wrapped and there were no dents in the outside box.
A trip to a local art frame shop and 3 weeks later it was as good as new with the shop owner taking great care in making sure the right size glass was installed (the true problem with the breakage to begin with), and using Q-tips to clean the intricate design on the original frame as shown. She also touched up one streak in the actual art piece with some pastels. It would take a very close and studying eye to find the correction.
I am so pleased with this framed work. It is placed in my hall way to admire daily on my ventures into various bedrooms to put things away for the kids and grandma.
I love to find treasures, especially those things I truly am pleased with.
Next, I want to find a pretty silver (or silver-plate) victorian tea set on a platter. There is an elaborate set in an antique shop on Central Avenue here, but the price range is way out of my league for spending pleasure at $350. So I will continue my search at the online sites.
