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Founded in the 1950s, Carolina Fine Art Framing has found a new home in the historic Faber-Ward house on East Bay Street. Purchased five years ago by artist and painter Wilfred Spoon, Carolina Fine Art Framing continues the tradition of crafting handmade, muse- um-quality frames in the Palladian-style, three-story home, which was erected in 1832 by Henry Faber. The prominent structure was con- verted to a hotel for emanci- pated slaves following the Civil War; later, it was a middle-class residence before the Historic Charleston Foundation ob- tained it in 1964 and restored it to the inspired building it is today. Spoon has settled into an expansive ground-floor space, the walls already filled with his original oil paintings as well as picture frame samples representing styles ranging from art deco to ornate French. The frames are produced using cen- turies-old techniques, including water gilding and hand-carving. Carolina Fine Art Framing also offers a full selection of premium production frames.