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This job was to re-frame a First World War demobilisation certificate. Here is the completed job.
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Here is the certificate in its original frame.
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Detail of the original frame
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Detail of the back of the original frame.
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Inside the original frame
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Conservation materials were used throughout this job as it is a historic document of great importance to its owner. I use Art-Bak Conservation as my backing board as standard, in addition I used gummed linen tape to hang the certificate as it is completely reversible and mounts cut from conservation grade mount board.
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Stamped and sealed.
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The brief was to replicate the pink mount the certificate had been mounted with originally. I contrasted this with a dark green double mount to bound the certificate and make the pink really pop.
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A traditional dark wood frame with gold sight was appropriate for this job, paired with the very contemporary choice of mount colours it manages to have gravitas without being stuffy.