Shopping in Wellesley

After devoting years to protecting precious pictures and keepsakes from environmental harm, the Middlesex Framing crew has amassed an inventory of highly protective materials. Acid-free matting keeps photographs and certificates from deteriorating over time, UV-protection glass guards against sunlight’s discoloring rays, and museum glass deters bandits who somehow made it across the living room’s laser alarm grid. Partnering with Larson-Juhl, the crew is able to access more than 1,500 molding samples and matting combinations—ensuring that each piece is both protected and enhanced by its border.

Peter Isaacson grew up in the fabric business––literally. As a little boy, he often traded swinging on the monkey bars for playing amid the bolts of fabric and heaps of buttons that filled his grandmother's store. Now, as purveyor of his own textile emporium, he channels generations of fabric and notion know-how to oversee a showroom stocked with more than 10,000 high-quality bolts of quilting cottons, batiks, and flannels. Yards upon yards of real linen, imported wools, faux furs, suede cloths, and genuine leather hides entice everyone from costume designers to historical reenactors, and local fashion designers flock toward colorful swaths of soft velvet and 100% silk that's smoother than a dolphin pickpocketing its trainer. Knitters, meanwhile, find artisan yarns from Malabrigo, Noro, Berroco, Auracania, and Plymouth waiting to become sweaters and scarves, and all shoppers find inspiration from a bevy of sewing notions, trims, and pattern books.