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Recommend art deco moulding

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I've got a customer with a graphic art deco print - about A1 size

He says he wants an art deco frame.

I suggested a stacked flat black on flat white moulding combo but he's not convinced.

He's thinking possibly black and silver.

Anyone got any recommendations for a moulding that might fit the bill?

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Can you show us the print?
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Lacquered/shiny looks good with art deco

You could do it with two frames - an inner silver and outer black.

I’d change the mount margins to even ones - maybe bottom weighted, and also the colour, to something darker, maybe metallic grey and maybe with some art deco style embossing
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I've looked through all of my catalogues and just found very little that I think would look right.

Glossy finish might work.
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One option would be to use this plainwood moulding from Piaf2 -

https://www.piaf2mouldings.co.uk/

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Paint the frame black and add a silver flat slip and that would look very art-deco.

Just use black paint over a dark red primer on the joined up frame then rub some sort of silvering paste on to a simple flat slip.
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Have a look at LJ ranges, Elegante, Normandy, Solare, Taranto and Urbane.
Personally, looking at the print, I'd be going for a gold accent too. I know you're not asking about mounts but I'd start by looking at burgundy black and gold, all or a combo. Probably a black core black top mount with a gold cut out strip or with gold pen line art deco corner details.
The print could pass for 1980's fashion as much as Art Deco...
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Here’s a couple of dark mounts with contrasting silver frames

Bugs has a sort of art deco design in the borders and the beaded frame is black on the side. The other, well it’s a ship at least! That one haas an embossed metallic mount, both have mount slips.
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Thanks all for suggestions.

I'd not heard of Piaf 2 before. Don't really want to buy their minimum order of 15m for this one job, but good to know about their stuff for the future.
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You could design some Deco-style v-groove patterns on the mount. (?)

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I think that ship is the queen Mary, which had three funnels, the queen Elizabeth had two.

If it is, it should he RMS, not HMS.
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"If it is, it should he RMS, not HMS."

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I'll tell the customer he should bin it instead of framing it!
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