Treat yourself to a visit to The Scrapbook, an art and framing shop operating in Essex for decades, formerly dealing primarily to the trade, open most Thursdays-Sundays, 12-5pm, 978-768-7404.
Give yourself time to browse. Loose and framed antique and vintage Americana maps, botanicals, ephemera imprints & decorative illustrations—as well as original prints and watercolors—are hung salon style or matted in racks and bins.
Film & TV production and set design were a brisk business back in the day. Owner Vincent Caravella is thrilled to welcome clients, and credits his granddaughter’s help setting up social media reach during the Covid-19 pandemic (Facebook here).
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photos: C. Ryan, Oct. 2023. Entrance out back, between the historic homes