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BY LEE COGHLAN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
R.H. Ballard has been trying to set up shop in this town for nearly two years and now he has finally done just that. Beneath the Tanya Richey Studio and Cordelia & Co. at 703 Main Street is a showroom large enough to house Ballard’s Fine Art, Ltd. He carries framed lithographs, antique and new rugs, and paintings by contemporary artists.
Ballard says, “I have such a wide range of stuff. I start with 15th and 16th century, and mainly original prints, lithographs and so forth, on up to contemporary work. I carry four or five contemporary artists, artists that are working now, myself included.” ,
Prior to the current location, Ballard showed art and rugs up the street at Rare Finds owned by Stew and Eve Willis. He occupied a small room that was not large enough to display the rugs properly. The current location allows Ballard to have rugs on display at all times and the ability to roll out larger pieces.
Besides the art work, Ballard considers “the rugs to be art, some type of art, and so I approach it on that basis rather than just a rug dealer. Rugs are a new interest. Something that I’ve only been doing for a couple years. I’m getting into that very heavily and my sales are pretty much fifty fifty with art and rugs.”
Ballard carries antique rugs that range in age from 100 to 150 years. And also
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