Prints with a Past - Matting and Framing Services

Matting and Framing Services

Matting

Due to the antique nature of many of our prints, we use acid-free mat board, backing board and hinging tape when preparing matted prints.   These materials help to insure the integrity of the prints for many years to come.

While there are many colors of mat board available, we have standardized on a mat color called "Wheat", very similar to beige.  This neutral color is a good complement for almost any frame and home decor.

Prints that we mat arrive ready to be framed. Clients also select the matting option when giving a print as a gift because of the attractive presentation of a matted print.

Framing

Prints with a Past offers custom framing services for any print you purchase using a variety of gold and wood moulding styles.

If you have been to a framing shop, you know there are literally hundreds of different moulding styles available.  We have selected a handful of mouldings that are a conservative, yet classy complement to the antique nature of the prints we have on display.

These moulding styles are shown below.  If you are interested in having us frame your print, please reference the identification number associated with each moulding style.

Please note: As hard as we try to feature mouldings on this page that are in stock for framing, sometimes your first choice may not be available. This can be due to a discontinued moulding style, or our supplier does not have adequate onhand inventory to frame your print. We encourage you to have a second moulding choice in case we cannot satsfy your first selection.

Gold Frames
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Wood Frames
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Custom Matting and Framing for New Yorker Covers

We have worked with our New Yorker cover clients to develop a framing style that works with their contemporary artistic style. While any of the gold and wood mouldings work with the covers, our clients have found that very simple metal frames are a better complement to the cover art. We can offer 2 different style metal frame colors for New Yorkers - black or white. Examples of how the same cover works with each color metal frame is shown below.

Conservation Matting

We can mat your New Yorker cover whether we are doing the framing or you are taking the cover to a local framer. When matting the New Yorker covers we recommend a mat with a neutral color called Talc (off-white). This mat has a slight texture on the surface. Like our traditional matting this mat board is conservation grade (acid-free). We also used an acid-free backing board and hinging tape.

Frame Options

Like our tradional framing we use an ultraviolet conservation glass in the New Yorker metal frames. It is rated to block 95%+ of the light striking the glass surface.
Framed prints are carefully packed in bubble wrap, and surroundded by eco-friendly recyclable packing peanuts before being placed in the shipping carton. This dual protection insures that your framed cover will arrive in good condition ready to be hung and enjoyed in your home or office.

Black Frame





Frame: Black metal
Measures: 14 x 17 inches
Mat: Conservation, Talc color (off-white) with black bevel
Glass: Ultraviolet Conservation
Includes the hardware to hang print

White Frame





Frame: White metal
Measures: 14 x 17 inches
Mat: Conservation, Talc color (off-white) with white bevel
Glass: Ultraviolet Conservation
Includes the hardware to hang print

Last updated February 2025

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