Spanish Baroque frame

Reproduction of a Spanish Baroque frame gilt on wood. This Spanish late 17th-century model is available for any particular painting size. Therefore, you can fit it with any painting.

Spanish Baroque frame properties

This reproduction of a Spanish frame is made with ayous and tulipwood combined. We use ayous for the front side and tulipwood for the backside of the frame. As a result, we obtain maximum strength with minimum weight.

You can customize the rabbet width as you prefer. For instance, if you need to cover a bigger part of the painting, you can ask to enlarge it. The rabbet depth, instead, depends on the thickness of the painting. In most of our models, it is between 1.5 and 4 cm. Sometimes, it is even deeper due to structural reasons or upon request.

Section width cm 10
Rabbet cm 1

Spanish Baroque frame decorations

This Spanish Baroque frame’s decorations are made of wood pulp. The video below explains the entire process of our innovative technique. You will notice the wood pulp decorations already mounted along the four sides of the frame.

When the master carver starts carving them, you will instantly see how soft the wood pulp is compared to wood. The carver then refreshes any detail of the ornaments with chisels. That way, the frame becomes well-balanced with harmonious forms.

We use This very new technique to achieve a terrific result. We use it to decrease the number of working hours. As a result, you will save a lot of money without losing quality. Remember that the shape of the carving will be perfect, and even its resistance will be the same as if it were made of wood. Therefore, you will get a stunning reproduction of a Spanish Baroque frame for an affordable price.

Patina (aging process)

“Patina” is an Italian word that refers to how dark and old look to be the frame. Apart from dark gold, the age of a frame is determined by a few cracks and tiny broken parts all around the sides. For this purpose, our gilder hits its surfaces with some kinds of stones.

Also, the wormholes are simulated, and you will be able to notice them by analyzing the pictures above. The presence of wormholes does not indicate activity within or a recent flight of beetles. Remember that we faked them to age this Spanish Baroque frame reproduction precisely.

See below a video showing all the steps of the Patina.

More videos related to the aging process 

Explanation of the aging process
Distressing the gold surface
Rub off the gilding
Dark shellac
Applying shellac
Final result

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