Conservation Framing
Each double mat may vary
from print to print according to which frame you choose. If you
would like to
have a particular color of mat just call 1-302-875-2258 to place
your order. The best matching color is used for
each individual print and is not always the color shown here.
Each
print is framed using Conservation Acid Free & Lignin Free,
Alkaline pH buffered matboard & backing.
We use non glare glass, You may call us to request regular glass if you like, Other styles of glass are available. In conservation framing, We use
only Museum Quality materials and procedures
that will have no adverse
effects on a piece of artwork and will protect the artwork from
external damage.
The decoys in the above print were carved by the
Ward Brothers. The Ward brothers began their decoy carving on
Maryland’s Eastern Shore, making hunting decoys to aid in
bagging birds for market or table. Working as a team to produce
in volume, Lem Ward did most of the carving and Steve Ward did
the painting. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and
Lyndon Johnson were said to have hunted over the Ward
brothers’ decoys. Although Lem Ward is reported to have made
a few ornamental decoys on special order as early as the 1920s,
it was in the early 1950s that he decided to make ducks that
looked like ducks. So began the popular art form of decorative
wildfowl carving.
By 1965, Lem and Steve Ward were making highly decorative
carvings of almost every species of American duck, Canada geese,
game birds, and some shorebirds. Many Maryland area carvers that
associated with them also began to produce collectible birds. The
mecca of decorative wildlife carvings, the Ward Foundation, in
Salisbury, Maryland, was named in their honor. In 1974, Salisbury
College awarded them honorary doctorates.
