Matting, Glazing, & Embellishments
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Ziegler's provides the many choices needed to meet your job
specifications. They're determined by your budget, the monetary or sentimental
value of the item being framed, the requirements needed for the item to be
properly framed, and the design selected by the customer. Our staff can help you
through these issues so that your completed frame job gives you lasting
enjoyment for years to come.
| Matting Ziegler's uses quality matboard from Cresent, Larson-Juhl, and Bainbridge. Matting types and styles are listed below:
Acid Free Paper
Matboard (not archival) |
Glazing Glazing options include the following:
Regular Single Strength
Glass Mirror - 1/8" |
Custom Design Mats - We can cut most any mat, multi-openings, oval, arch, spandrel, cathedral, and many more. We hand cut mats and also utilize our computer aided mat cutter for many jobs. Use your imagination to make your frame job unique!
Drawn Lines - Gives a mat a more finished look. Popular on etchings and botanicals. Lines can be ink, colored pencil, or paint. Gold is the most popular color.
Book Paper - Book liner paper is a marbled paper available in different colors cut into thin strips and applied around the opening of a mat. Usually used with drawn lines.
Filets - Filets are small decorative wood strips placed on the inner edge of a mat, and sometimes on the inner edge of a frame. Ziegler's stocks approximately 40 styles to help give your art the special touch you are looking for.