Crescent Select Archival Mat Board - Dark Bluebird Colored - Acid-Free Custom Cut
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Ref Code
C5651
SKU
MAT-BBD-5x7
Frame Size
Outer Size: 5x7, Artwork Size: 4x6, Opening Size: 3 1/2x5 1/2
Total Price
$11.50
Mounting kit included, free.
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Crescent Select Archival Mat (Dark Bluebird)
A museum-grade conservation matboard offering a rich, nature-inspired presentation. Manufactured by Crescent, this custom-cut, acid-free barrier injects a vibrant, avian blue into your framing, perfectly capturing the dynamic energy of the sky and sea.
Archival Composition
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Crescent Select Pedigree Sourced from the industry's most trusted conservation brand, ensuring museum-level reliability for your most valuable pieces.
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100% Acid-Free & Lignin-Free Engineered with a purified alpha-cellulose core. It will never yellow, become brittle, or cause "acid burn" on your artwork.
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Bleed & Fade Resistant The vibrant "Dark Bluebird" surface paper is meticulously treated to resist UV fading and color-transfer over decades of display.
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Pristine White Core Beneath the colored surface lies a brilliant, pure white core that provides a flawless, non-yellowing bevel cut.
Visual Architecture
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The Avian Anchor This lively, deep azure provides a highly energetic visual border, drawing out the cool, natural tones hidden within the artwork.
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High-Contrast Bevel Our precision 45-degree custom cut exposes the bright white core, creating a crisp, striking "pinstripe" border between the vibrant mat and your art.
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Double-Mat Accents Pro tip: Use this rich blue as the "bottom mat" beneath a stark white top mat to create a breathtaking, razor-thin pop of sky-toned color.
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Physical Protection A matboard is structurally necessary to keep works on paper from directly touching the glazing, preventing moisture damage.
Ideal Applications
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Nautical & Coastal Art Flawlessly echoes the tones of the ocean and twilight sky, making it perfect for maritime paintings and beach photography.
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Audubon & Nature Prints The definitive choice for framing ornithological prints, vintage botanical illustrations, and vibrant wildlife photography.
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Impressionist Watercolors Beautifully enhances the delicate blues and teals found in classical landscape watercolors and soft pastel works.
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Airy & Coastal Interiors Acts as a brilliant focal point in coastal homes, bright sunrooms, and spaces featuring modern transitional or Hamptons-style decor.
Custom Openings & Volume Orders
Need custom geometries, multi-opening layouts, V-grooves, or volume pricing for a gallery exhibition? Our Wizard Computerized Mat Cutters can engineer any design.
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