Cod. 135
Reproduction of a Barbizon picture frame gilded on wood. It’s a late 19th-century French style frame with acanthus decorations
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Width cm 12
Barbizon picture frame
Reproduction of a French Barbizon picture frame gilt on wood. This late 19th-century model is available for any particular painting size. Therefore, you can fit it with any painting.
Shipping
This Barbizon frame reproduction will be shipped dismounted unless you order it in a very small size. You will be able to mount it in minutes yourself. Click on the video below to see our innovative mounting technique.
Still, if you prefer, you will be able to receive this frame already mounted. In this case, shipping could cost a little more. After specifying your preference, we will charge the difference if due.
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Barbizon picture frame properties
This reproduction frame is made with ayous.
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 is 2.5 cm. If you need it deeper we can do it.
Section width cm 12
Rabbet cm 0.6
360° presentation
Click on the video below to see this replica frame with a 360° overview.
Barbizon frame decorations
Decorations are in wood pulp. We carve them when they’re dry, realizing the shape form of a typical Bolognese picture frame. The use of wood pulp, which is 99% composed of wood and 1% of solvent, gives us the chance to contain the price at a very low level. The entire process is handmade, and you can watch a video related to it by following this link to our Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/fTQHIH9dRC8
Patina (aging process)
“Patina” is an Italian word that refers to the tone of the final gilding of the frame. Making a great Patina is one of the major skills of the gilder in order to make seem this reproduction of Barbizon picture frame an original one. In other words, it concerns the process of aging the gold finishing, trying to distress as much as possible the reproduction frame without exaggerating too much. To complete the procedure, gilders use some different kinds of stones to hit the frame, creating some fake tiny broken parts all around the sides. Besides, gilders create fake wormholes to age the gilding and you will be able to see them analyzing deeply the picture detail attached above.
Another important part of the patina is gently rubbing off the gold surface with steel wool, trying to make the typical antique abrasions that you see in antique picture frames. In conclusion, any damaged little part of the frame is just a part of a bigger plan.
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