Many consider the father-and-son duo who run the appealingly cluttered Lacy Gallery the most knowledgeable and useful framers in Europe. Colin and David Lacys' vast inventory includes exquisitely carved wood and gilded specimens, offering each browser a crash course in art history—in Neoclassical flourishes, Orientalist splendor, Victorian stolidity, or Baroque extravagance. There is no painting, no matter how unusual, that the Lacys can't complement.

Jared Bark used to focus on late-twentieth-century minimalism—Donald Judd was one of his early customers. But he has gradually worked backward in art-historical time. Now, in addition to the designs he creates for painters such as Jasper Johns, he customizes frames for Impressionist masterpieces. His prices range from $300, for a simple wood and Plexiglas design, to more than $15,000, for an exceptionally labor-intensive frame crafted with white gold that appears woven.

Bark Frameworks, 270 Lafayette Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10012
(212) 431-9080

Launched by Alasdhair Willis—the cofounder of Wallpaper magazine and husband of Stella McCartney—Established & Sons spotlights some of the boldest designers' often outlandish imaginings. Every piece in its showroom is British-designed and -made, created by the eminent (Zaha Hadid, for instance, made her celebrated Aqua Table for Willis) and the up-and-coming.

Established & Sons, 29/31 Cowper Street
London EC2A 4AT
+ 44 207 608 0990