Susquehanna Antique Shop News — Antique Picture Frames

Visit the Susquehanna Antique Company gallery in Hallowell, Maine and meet owner David Friedman. The company has been in business since 1913 and David has collected amazing antique furniture, and authentic period frames. He welcomes visitors to come and learn about antiques, shop the fine quality art, furniture, and frames collection in person or online. Susquehanna Antiques was founded in 1913 by the current owner’s grandfather. The original shop was located in Port Deposit, Maryland, along the Susquehanna River. The business was then relocated to Biltmore Ave. in Asheville, North Carolina. In 1982 we moved to a location in the Georgetown...

Restoring a picture frame will give it new life. Antique picture frames frequently need cleaning, repair of broken pieces, conservation, and restoration of the original gilded surfaces. They may also need re-gilding and antiquing, joining and reinforcing damaged corners. Before – The ornament has broken off this frame in several places. The wood has split, compromising the structural integrity. Some of the ornament is missing. The frame also has a coating of dirt and oxidized bronze paint on it.   After – The frame has been mended, the wood is secured, and the ornament reattached. Casts were taken and fit into...

Susquehanna Antique Company’s ties to Asheville, NC go all the way back to the 1911 flood of the Susquehanna River in the Havre de Grace/Port Deposit region of Maryland, where Samuel Harris Friedman (born 1872), at the behest of his doctor, was told he needed “Clean air and fresh water” after coming down with a lung infection as his family waited to be rescued. The mountainous region of Asheville was perfect for the entrepreneurial 42yr old man where he opened the Susquehanna Furniture Company on Biltmore Avenue 1913. His son, Nathaniel took over the business during the depression when most...