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Rupert Harris Conservation was established in 1982 and was appointed Metalwork Conservation Advisor to the National Trust in the same year. Since then we have built a reputation as leading conservators of metalwork and sculpture.
Our work covers bronze, lead, zinc and electrotype sculpture; modern and contemporary art; historic lighting; gold and silver; jewellery; fine ironwork; arms and armour; ecclesiastical metalwork; casting and replication; gilding; consultancy and maintenance.
Our clients include the Royal Household, the Royal Collection, the National Trust, English Heritage and the City of London as well as most major museums, leading art galleries and dealers, auction houses, architects and private collectors.
Rupert Harris is a PACR Accredited Conservator-Restorer.
Contact: Rupert Harris

17 Avery Row | Brook Street | London | W1K 4BF

Paul Mitchell Ltd specialises in the framing of Old and Modern Master paintings and graphic works of art, with a gallery situated in Mayfair, London.

Their clients include museums, private collectors, dealers, auctioneers, conservators and art agents worldwide.

They have over 45 years experience in providing antique and handmade replica frames for many iconic artworks including paintings by Bellini, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Cézanne, Courbet, Leonardo da Vinci, Degas, Gauguin, Luca Giordano, El Greco, Frans Hals, Holbein, Manet, Meléndez, Modigliani, Monet, Picasso, Poussin, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Stubbs, Tintoretto, Titian, Turner, Van Dyck, Van Gogh, Velásquez, Vermeer, Zurbaran …

The company’s extensive inventory from the 15th to 20th century comprises Italian, Spanish, French, British and North European frames, many of which are displayed in their Mayfair gallery.

Their unique Photographic Archive and Library has proved a remarkable research resource for historically authentic framing proposals and the foundation for Paul Mitchell’s two major publications and several articles on frame history.