We provide the finest quality artist supports in New York City.

  • Stretchers, strainers, & panels: fully custom & made to order

  • Premium Belgian linen in numerous widths, weights, and priming methods

  • Framing, stretching, onsite assembly, & other services for artists

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Crates

Heavy-duty crates and travel frames for local, domestic, and international shipping.

Mechanical stretchers

Heavy duty stretchers with mechanical joints are extremely strong and precision-crafted from select finger-jointed poplar. Each stretcher is constructed using cross-grain joinery and an internal frame.

Heavy duty strainers are available for those who prefer a fixed support. Fig House Studios strainers are precision-crafted using select finger-jointed poplar, cross-grain joinery, and an internal frame.

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Strainers

Cradled panels

Our cradled panels are constructed with a poplar internal frame and Baltic Birch face, and can be customized to any depth. We offer specialty options including Torshion box construction.

Belgian linen

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We carry a full line of Belgian linen and cotton canvas in your choice of widths, weights, and priming methods – including pre-primed, hand-primed, oil, gesso, and lead-based priming.

Fig House Studios is New York’s only comprehensive provider of ArtFix primed artist linen, canvas, and polyester surfaces.

Frames

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Custom floater frames in tulip, walnut, oak, and maple. We work with a wide palette of zero-VOC European hardwax oils for a lush, durable finish.

Stretching & conservation

Fig House Studios stretching paintings with gold leaf, photographed by James Prochnik

Fig House Studios specializes in stretching existing paintings.

Precision measurement, strip-lining with reversible conservation adhesives, stretching, and other services available.

Studio renovations

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Custom studio buildouts, renovations, and storage.