William Ward

A classic 23½ carat gold frame. The gilding was distressed with the client present to achieve a softer finish to avoid dominating the subdued tones  of the picture. The canvas is floated within the sight-edge of the frame to keep a clean edge to the picture and give a more modern feel to the finished…

St Marks The photograph here was printed on white paper with a black surround. In  its unframed state the figure in the foreground aligned with the campanile, was very much the focus of the image and the building on the left and St Mark’s itself looked merely overexposed. By using a grey mount, the effect…

This is a piece of interior design framing. Often it can be difficult to match the colours and textures chosen by an interior designer from the range of mountboard colours. This frame includes a fine sateen covered reeded slip from the fabric used elsewhere in the room. The fabric is laid onto the moulding and…

The artist wanted a soft coloured frame that did not overpower the background tones of the picture while at the same time giving a lift to the stronger colours of the ribbon and the oranges. During our discussions I got out a small silver slip which had the red bole colour on the back of…