Crescent Select Archival Mat Board - Dark Brown - Acid-Free Custom Cut
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Ref Code
C5708
SKU
MAT-BRN-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 Brown)
A museum-grade conservation matboard offering a rich, earthy presentation. Manufactured by Crescent, this custom-cut, acid-free barrier provides a warm, sophisticated anchor for your artwork, delivering all the depth of a dark mat without the harsh contrast of stark black.
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 rich "Dark Brown" 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 Earthy Anchor This deep, chocolate brown acts as a grounding visual weight. It is the perfect choice when black feels too stark or cold for 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 dark mat and your art.
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Double-Mat Accents Pro tip: Use this rich brown as the "bottom mat" beneath a warm ivory or cream top mat to create a breathtaking, classical inner border.
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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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Vintage Maps & Documents The definitive choice for historical artifacts. Flawlessly complements aged parchment, sepia ink, and antique textures.
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Sepia Photography Elegantly softens the transition from vintage sepia and warm-toned black-and-white photos into the frame.
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Wildlife & Equestrian Art Enhances the natural, organic tones found in landscape photography, hunting prints, and nature studies.
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Classic & Rustic Interiors Looks breathtaking in wood-paneled libraries, classic studies, modern farmhouses, and spaces rich with leather and natural wood.
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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