18th century picture frame

Reproduction of an Italian 18th century picture frame carved and gilt on wood. This Bolognese 18th century frame is available for any particular painting size. Therefore, you can fit it with any painting. 

18th century frame properties

This 18th-century 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 10.5
Rabbet cm 1

18th century frame lacquering

The lacquering of the central surface is customizable and can be done in any color. Therefore you can specify your favorite color by mailing us a photo. You can watch a related video showing the lacquering process by clicking the link: https://youtu.be/eBc9EYy4HHU

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 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 deeply analyzing the pictures above. The presence of wormholes does not indicate activity within or a recent flight of beetles. Remember that they were faked by us to precisely age this 18th-century picture frame reproduction.

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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