Frames

Larson-Juhl

For over 100 years, Larson-Juhl has created custom frames of enduring style and superior craftsmanship.  Larson-Juhl designers travel the globe in sercah of unique finishes, beautiful embossings, and intriguing patterns.  This passion for design has earned Larson-Juhl a reputation for creating frames that are true works of art.

With hundreds of Larson-Juhl frames to choose from, you can easily mix and match decorating and artistic styles.  This intimate give-and-take between frame and decor creates a constant interplay of beauty and function.  Suddenly, you are no longer staring at an empty wall, but are creating on a blank canvas with Larson-Juhl frames as your palette.

Everyone has something to frame.  So whether you're showcasting a collection of black-and-white photographs, a watercolor by a favorite artist, or an ensemble of unique personal treasures - decorating with custom frames challenges the senses, engages the spirit and transforms a room in a way that is unmatched in home furnishings.

Biltmore Collection by Larson-Juhl

With a frame from the Biltmore Collection by Larson-Juhl, you can have all the grandeur and tradition in your own home. Inspired by Biltmore’s beautiful antique frames, the frame collection’s ornamentation is created by century-old compo wheels and a six step hand-finished process that includes several layers of paint, leaf and patina. The Biltmore Collection is the first Programe for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) certified moulding in the framing industry.

Artique

Inspired by the historic rooms and aged papers of Biltmore’s Library, the Artique Biltmore Collection of conservation matboards offers a unique variety of rich neutral colors that will enhance many elegant frame designs. Larson-Juhl is pleased to note that the Artique Biltmore Collection is the first Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified matboard in the framing industry.

 

Nurre Caxton

Contemporary Classics

Timeless design that's at home in the present - that's the hallmark of the Nurre Caxton Contemporary Classics line.  In times past, interior decorating was all about making an entire living space conform to the style of a certain period or movement.  But today's interiors are different.  They boast a combination of tastes - old blended with new, traditional mixed with modern - crafting harmony from a palette of diverse elements and adding a new sense of character and personality to the contemporary home.  This fresh, eclectic manner of decorating allows each room to reflect its own variety of tastes and textures, lending a completely individual flair to every space.

Classic furniture and contemporary lighting fixyres, carved woods contrasting with simple metal lines... in today's interiors, these elements are no longer out of place side by side.  Mixing styles of the past and the present has become a popular way of making one's house into a comfortable, stylish and uniquely personalized home.

Nurre Caxton's new Contemporary Classics wood mouldings bring this movement full circle.  Each moulding in each new collection combines an elegant element of past with a shape or finish that's truely modern.

Framing Techniques

"Salsa". Shows the options when framing a print or copy of a piece of art.  In this example we used a small inner red mat followed by gold fillet - small inner frame - a larger black mat and finished with a black and gold frame called Academie by Larson-Juhl.

“West End Work Horse” shows a picture framed with moulding to accent the image of the engine.  Here we used a triple mat of blacks and greys and a texured moulding (frame) from Larson-Juhl called Sofia Iron.  The wood moulding has the look of weathered iron.

“Dog Print” shows a framing technique in which the image is small and the mat is wide. In this example the image was approximately 7" wide and 5" tall.  The mat, which is almost the same color as the background in the print, was cut 4" wide on the sides and top and 4 1/2" wide on the bottom - often called a weighted bottom.  This wide mat accents the simplicity of the print.  The piece is finished with a simple mahogany and black frame called Ascot from Larson-Juhl.

“Macaroni art” by Mark, age 5. We get a “floating art” effect here by not covering or touching the art with a mat, using spacers to create depth, and by using a deeper frame.

“Dance me to the end of love” by Vettriano. This shows the use of a linen mat, fillet and a repeat of the top mat color. The frame and mat colors coordinate with the background to make the dancing couple stand out.

Often reframing an old picture or painting brings new life to a tired work.  In this example we have an older oil painting in great condition but in an old out-dated frame that did not match the decor of the owner.  Below you see the same painting in it's new frame.

We removed the old frame and added a 1 1/2" white linen liner to the painting.  The piece was then mounted in a classic black Silhouette moulding from Larson-Juhl allowing the painting to "float" within the black moulding.