Frames

Choose frames

The frames represent a very important element in the composition of a picture, since, if chosen properly, can highlight the advantages and put to the background weak points, emphasizing, in any case, the main characteristics of the work. The choice of the frame depends strictly on the type of the picture, and more in particular by the subject represented by the technique used for its realization, the size and its approximate value.

A still life, for example, or a portrait always present the subject in the foreground and consequently the frame must be large and elaborate while in the case of a landscape will be sufficient to put around the canvas a simple strip.

As for the technique, if the picture was made with oil, it is usually not necessary to apply a margin around. A separate merit the works carried out on paper as prints. These paintings have in fact need to be protected from dust, which over time can degrade significantly the material they are made of, so it is always advisable to apply glass on their surface.

If then the print has very small dimensions, rather than choose a frame, it is preferable to leave a mat, a band which is to form a wide margin around the framework and which can be made of different materials, such as velvet, paper, cardboard or canvas. The color of the mat is usually clear, for example white or ivory to give greater prominence to the picture and not to counteract the composition with colors too gaudy and garish.

If you would prefer a frame itself, its color must call the dominant tone of the image represented, in order to attract more the eye on the picture. In the event that the work is in black and white, it is advisable to opt instead for a black or gray frame. If the press does not have a particular value, then, we can just put it between the glass cover and a rear base in wood, to hold together through the staples or paper clips.

This solution allows without any doubt to get a great cleaning on a visual level and a very modern and linear effect, especially suited for environments with a present flavor. The possible drawbacks are represented by incomplete protection from dust and deterioration of paper if glass and wood base are not held together with a perfect power.

Frames on the market

There are many Italian companies that produce frames of all kinds, classic or modern, but each case has an exclusive character. An example of tradition and modernity together in the made in Italy are beams for frames offered by Smac frames. Born in 1962 in Certaldo, a small industrial town between Florence and Siena, and now in San Gimignano, the company is managed by the family and is one of the leading Italian manufacturer of rods, with customers all around the world. Each product has an innovative design and is accomplished through an Italian manufacture of high quality, experienced in woodworking, in painting and gilding of Florentine style.

The rods are also produced in an environmentally responsible, with the choice and the exclusive use of eco-friendly materials. Both in terms of quality and aesthetic addition, the frames are proof imitation thanks to innovative and original projects on which is based the production of the beams.

From these assumptions, arise the numerous collections that offer different products and exclusive modern taste, such as the collection of frames and colored Aluminium Basic Wood or rods and lines designed purely classical, well represented by the Cadre Baroque collection.

The Corniceria Yachts, however, born in the Sixties in Umbria, in the area of Gubbio, produces frames made of a completely handmade. The products, made to measure, they are able to offer both new aesthetic solutions, high-level and the current colors, and classic workmanship and elegant but at the same present time, which also include the golden and rustic frames. In this production, there are also frames and mats for prints and posters.

The frames are manufactured in various shapes, the main are oval and square, while some are made of high quality material such as silver. All items also can be selected on the company's website and delivered to your home for free while for the tailored realization you can take a free trial, always on the web site, using the special software.