About Us
Avery Gallery, Inc. is a veteran-owned original art sales establishment, art and frame restoration, frame construction, convex glass manufacturing and distribution center, and event location. We provide art and frame appraisal services, art consultations, contract art commissions and art education through consultations and talks at schools, colleges, insurance and mitigation companies, government agencies and more.
We have been in business in Marietta, GA since 1982. We have a nine thousand square foot facility where we perform the highest quality restorations and custom framing. Our methods and materials exceed AIC (American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) standards for restoration. Our conservation team has over 125 years of combined experience. We have done some of our continuing jobs for over 25 years, such as the Atlanta Cyclorama diorama restoration project for 28 years for the City of Atlanta. We have restored US Post Office WPA murals and have many repeat customers. Our customer list includes auction houses, museums, corporations, schools, colleges, universities, local city, county, state and other government accounts as well as many other individuals, galleries, and corporations. We have completed many projects for a number of insurance companies, disaster mitigation firms, government agencies, corporations and individuals. They continue to use us for our quality workmanship and attention to detail. References are available upon request.
Art in many subjects may be commissioned in several media by our artists. They can create in oil, watercolor, acrylic, ink, pastel, pencil (graphite), charcoal, glass, ceramic, wood, bronze, silver, iron, steel, stone, concrete, plastic and more.
Convex and curved glass for picture frames, furniture or other needs is made to order.
We have restored many forms of art. Paintings in oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic, ink, gouache, and other mediums have been restored on many supports such as canvas, glass, leather, metal, paper, plaster, plastic, wood, and others.
Our framing department museum mounts art, documents, photographs and more, using only the best conservation materials available. We buy our framing moulding from over forty different companies or can custom make for you. We stock over ten different types of glazing for whatever type of framing needed.
We have repaired or restored many types of sculpture including those made from different kinds of wood, many types of stone, several different metals, glass, concrete, plastic, and combinations of these, such as enamel on copper. Our experience includes outdoor monuments and cemetery sculpture, as well as markers in marble, sandstone, slate, granite and concrete. Bronze plaques are cleaned, sealed or coated to remain looking clean and bright. New plaques may be designed and cast as needed when requested.
Our paper restoration department has restored antique prints, documents and other items from the 1500’s to the present. Our record for print restoration includes many types of images and supports. We restore intaglio prints; etchings, engravings, or mezzotints on paper. We have conserved and restored relief prints such as wood block prints, woodcuts, and linocuts. Serigraphs or lithographs can be de-acidified, cleaned, properly treated, flattened and museum mounted and framed to conservation standards.
Photographs may be de-mounted, cleaned, de-acidified, remounted and touched-up as necessary. Antique convex photos are de-mounted, cleaned, remounted on a hand-shaped foam form and remounted to provide a firm and stable support in the original convex shape that has often been damaged or compromised. Photos can also be copied and reproduced after restoration if desired.
Documents on sheepskin or vellum of any kind are cleaned and mounted. Cleaning of stains is accomplished using the proper chemistry, and faded calligraphy or printing can be enhanced or added as desired. No changes are made to any antique documents without proper authorization.
Our testing requires considerable time to make sure what we do is compatible with both medium and support. Solvents, cleaning agents, abrasives, and all methods, materials and techniques are discussed and tested before being used. We make certain all information necessary has been sought out and acquired, whether or not a particular work request seems typical and standard or unusual enough to require greater research.
Our team of conservators discuss treatment options before beginning testing or restoration procedures. Before, during and after photos are taken on all work restored to maintain proper documentation. Photos and a written record of all treatments, including materials and techniques are kept in a customer file.