bandes biseaux

mountboard is synonimous with the framing process and gives the subject it’s context. It does however, have one notable draw-back..
no matter what the shade, strong deep colours on mountboard don’t always work out according to plan, primary even secondary colours are either too strong or not strong enough. what your eye recives is all of the hue and none of the depth. framers notice the negative reaction their customers give and gently steer them to off shades. this is a pity, because a great deal of work can be utterly transformed by the use of bold colour but this appears to have become something of a taboo.

bandes biseaux become especially useful here. basically, they are mounts stretched with fabric, with an undermount in a thicker board covered in the same fabric forming a deep elegant bevel. the trick lies in the fact that the colour is carried on fabric, usually a plain chintz. fabric bears colour in the opposite manner to mountboard in that deep colours are expressed but the hue is seemlingly contained by the substrate. colours can come right to the edge of the work yet not drain energy or attention from it. decorators find bandes biseaux can allow the mounting more scope to tie in with a decorative scheme, without risk of comprimising the artwork.
those with archival concerns might care to note that bandes biseaux may be prepared in accordance with BS 5454.
we normally use ROMO plain chintz however other fabrics could be used.cotact us for details.