January 2024

Woods Used In Picture Framing

By |2024-01-25T16:33:55+00:00January 1st, 2024|Antique Frames, Bespoke Frame Manufacturing, Period Frames, Personalised Frames|

Hard Wood and Soft Wood If you are considering a custom made picture frames there are many things to think about, for instance there are two types of wood categories, hard wood and soft wood.  Certain woods are better for building furniture and frames with than others. The [...]

September 2023

The Royal Collection Trust

By |2023-10-12T16:08:28+00:00September 21st, 2023|Antique Frames, Galleries, Gold Leaf, Period Frames, The Art World, United Kingdom|

The Royal Collection trust is exactly as it sounds, the art collection belonging to the British Royal Family. The collection is spread across 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the UK and is the largest private art collection in the world. This collection has many truly spectacular pieces [...]

June 2023

The Top 4 Art Galleries In Africa

By |2023-10-12T16:08:04+00:00June 24th, 2023|Africa, Galleries, Modern Frames, Period Frames, The Art World|

The Pretoria Art Museum The Pretoria Art Museum is located in Arcadia Park, Pretoria in South Africa and occupies an entire city block.  The collection of art began in the 1930's but it was in 1932 it grew in size when Lady Michaelis gave a large number of [...]

May 2023

Picture Frames in Movies: Disney’s Magic Mirror

By |2023-05-24T17:10:32+00:00May 14th, 2023|Antique Frames, Bespoke Frame Manufacturing, Gold Leaf, Personalised Frames, Uncategorized|

Frinton Frames are proud to be involved with a number of Hollywood movies, and you'll see our period frames or antique frames in a number of big budget blockbusters.   But what you probably didn't know was that we can recreate these wonderful frames for display in your home, or [...]

February 2023

Mammoth Masterpieces And Their Frames

By |2023-02-15T18:47:28+00:00February 11th, 2023|Antique Frames, Modern Frames, Period Frames, The Art World|

Famous Historical Large Paintings In the art world there are many stunning works of art in all various genres, shapes and sizes. Art can range from a small sketch to towering sculptures and anything in between.  For decades artist have continued to play with scale and through history [...]

January 2023

Decorating Old Picture Frames

By |2023-02-15T18:46:43+00:00January 5th, 2023|Arts & Crafts, Personalised Frames, United Kingdom|

Getting Creative So many people enjoy getting creative and upcycling many things around the home, furniture is the main thing, but you can also upcycle old picture frames giving them a new lease of life and making them look unique and modern to your home. This is a [...]

November 2022

How Picture Frames Have Evolved

By |2023-02-15T18:46:14+00:00November 10th, 2022|Antique Frames, Bespoke Frame Manufacturing, Modern Frames, Period Frames|

How It All Began "Life is a collection of moments. Time flies but memories last forever and these memories should be preserved". This is why picture frames came about.  Picture frames originated in ancient times and were mainly used by Egyptians to preserve drawings and paintings.  They would [...]

August 2022

What Makes An Attractive Picture Frame

By |2022-10-04T17:13:30+00:00August 20th, 2022|Antique Frames, Galleries, Modern Frames, Period Frames, Personalised Frames, The Art World|

Things To Consider There are several elements that need to be considered when you are framing your artwork for presentation. A great framing begins with consideration into the following elements: The surroundings of the art work. Your taste and style. The art work itself, what you are framing. [...]

June 2022

10 Interesting Facts About Picture Frames

By |2022-06-22T09:00:36+00:00June 20th, 2022|Antique Frames, Bespoke Frame Manufacturing, Dubai, Modern Frames, Period Frames, Personalised Frames, The Art World|

Fact One Van Gogh once said ‘A picture without a frame is like a soul without a body’. Image credit: https://www.biography.com/ Image credit: https://pixabay.com/ Fact Two Frames are NOT copy written.  There is no law to stop anyone from [...]

April 2022

National Art Museum of China

By |2022-06-22T08:59:56+00:00April 21st, 2022|Antique Frames, Galleries, Period Frames, The Art World|

History of The National Art Museum of China The National Art Museum of China is the largest art museum in China and is funded by the Ministry of Culture. In 1958 the building started to take shape and was formally opened to the public in 1963. The building [...]

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