Isaac & Ede

Although this address is no longer current (David Isaac has just moved the business to 81 Kensington Church Street, above Reindeer Antiques), I thought a review would still help some people.
Mr Isaac is an antiquarian print specialist, selling a variety of fine and decorative prints at various different price points to suit most budgets. However he also has a framing workshop and it is this that I am reviewing here.
I went to David with a very tricky framing project-​I have an antique European carpet fragment that I wanted framed in such a way that the knotting on the back could still be seen without the need to unframe it. As a result, my frame has UV filter glazing back and front and the frame had to be built up to take the extra weight and to cope with the thickness of the piece of carpet itself. After some head-​scratching, the firm took on the challenge and completed the job to a very high standard in just a few weeks. The price was also surprisingly reasonable-​an 8^th of the price of one quote I received from another firm and still around 30% less than most others.
I had had the chance to see some of the firm’s frames in the past as they exhibit their prints at several London antiques fairs and had been impressed with them. They had also come highly recommended by a furniture dealer who uses them for any framing jobs he has. I’m extremely glad I chose Isaac and Ede for this job and will ask them for any further framing I may require in the future as they were a joy to deal with.