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Visit the Amy Howard Collection to peruse our hand-crafted reproductions of 18th and 19th century French and Italian furniture.

new techniques

behind the scenes, new furniture designs, other

I have always enjoyed experimentation and coming up with different ways of doing things. We are creating ways of reverse gilding and acid etching on glass. It is exciting to see how to take different designs in the mirror and how that will incorporate into a design for a entire new piece of furniture. Here is a multi-step process of acid etching and painting in reverse on a piece of mirror. I am in the process of designing a frame that will have these patterns on the mirror itself.