leather albums
hand-crafted in italy:
my favorite leather albums


paper photo corners:
sold in packs of 240

pet albums & memory boxes:
handmade with silk and felt



museum matting:
available for any custom size

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Over the years, the way in which our photographs have been stored and protected has changed a lot. Today, photo prints are so ubiquitious that little attention is given to their preservation and storage. This is especially true in the digital age. Click on the preservation button above to learn about caring for your photos.

Hinged cases were used in the 1840s and 1850s for the safekeeping and display of daguerrotypoes or ambrotypes which were vunerable to tarnishing and ambrasion. Tintypes were sometimes protected the same way, but more often in a simple card window mat.

Albums made of stiff boards became popular when professional studios began mounting their photographs on cards, such as Carte-de-Visite and Cabinet Cards.

Later, prints were often placed in albums with black paper pages using photo corners of gummed hinges. These kind of albums are still an excellent way to present and to store precious photographs.

baby albums made to order:
albums in beautiful, subtle colors
original to karen photographs


hand-made album bags:
made with plant-dyed wool felt