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Some artwork requires special handling and framing to preserve the integrity of the piece. Emerald Frames carries a variety of conservation materials, such as museum-quality mount board and UV protective glass. Cath ensures that her framing knowledge is well versed in the latest art preservation techniques, and can recommend the best materials to protect your artwork for years to come.
Conservation Level framing gives a high level of protection for your artwork or objects, whilst looking good and enabling you to view
your framed work to best effect. By using conservation quality materials and the best techniques, the framer can give your work
protection from physical and mechanical damage, airborne pollution and acids generated by many framing materials
Conservation Level framing should be good for 20 years in normal conditions, but be vigilant: pictures are rarely hung in ideal
conditions, so we recommend that you have the frame checked every five years or so by a professional framer.
Conservation framing is suitable for objects and artworks that are to be preserved for future generations and collectables should
be framed to Conservation Level, if not to Museum Level. Original artwork deserves Conservation or Museum Level Framing. Limited
edition prints of moderate to high value that are not framed to Conservation or Museum Level may not hold or increase their value
over time as well as those that are. This is because Conservation Level framing, as well as Museum Level framing, requires that all
processes affecting the artwork be fully reversible. In other words, what you have framed to Guild Conservation Level can be
returned to its former state, i.e. prior to framing, at any time up to 20 years, assuming that the artwork is not inherently unstable.
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