NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Wilner & Company has just completed the reframing of an important painting by Sébastien Bourdon (French, 1616 - 1671), The Holy Family with Sts. Elizabeth and Infant John the Baptist, about 1660–1665, oil on wood, 29 ¾ x 40 ¾ inches, for the Dayton Art Institute. After reviewing research provided by Wilner, the DAI’s curatorial team selected a replica of a period frame on another Bourdon painting that had been documented during an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After creating digital mockups, the Wilner team referenced similar frames in their collection to further define the historically appropriate profile, ornamentation, and precise character of the gilded surface. The painting is now back on view in its new frame in DAI’s Kettering Health Gallery.

February has been another successful month for Eli Wilner & Company’s frame funding initiative, with $50,000 in partial grants having been distributed so far. Nearly $175,000 in funding is still available. Exciting new projects are being submitted on a daily basis by museums across the country. The funds are to be committed to new projects by April 30, 2025, and can be used for frame restoration, historic frame replication, or mirror replication projects. Interested institutions can apply by emailing the details of their reframing or frame restoration needs to info@eliwilner.com. No project is too large.

Eli Wilner & Company has completed over 15,000 framing projects for private collectors, museums, and institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and 28 projects for The White House. Wilner was honored by the Historic Charleston Foundation with the Samuel Gaillard Stoney Conservation Craftsmanship Award, for their work in historic picture frame conservation. In 2024, Eli Wilner was presented with an Iris Award for Outstanding Dealer of the Year by the Bard Graduate Center in New York City.