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Good morning all
I am looking for a narrow wood moulding for a client and wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction please.
Bare wood or black with a flat profile, ideally 8-10mm wide,

You might try Rose&Hollis.

https://www.roseandhollis.co.uk/

thanks, they have 10mm but I'm holding out to see if I can get an 8 or 9,

What size of art do you plan to frame? A moulding that small does not have much mechanical strength. Then there is the problem if a rebate to hold glass or acrylic.
Years ago I had very narrow moulding(10mm) that size and limited it to small photos (5x7s) and smaller.

Interesting conundrum. Seeing as most rebate widths are 5-7mm, I think there might be a magic wand involved with this one.

Haved a look at Nielsen by design's aluminium profiles 34 and 181 ....... 5.5 and 8mm respectively. They are real wood veneer-wrapped and solve the skinny moulding/large frame problem - up to a point of course. I think there are a couple of other profiles and I think Lion do something similar too.

https://nielsenonlineshop.co.uk/Catalog ... e=Contains

Client is looking for a wood product, I appreciate the challenges with something so narrow but the way I look at it is that if we don't take on challenges we will never improve, sometimes what appears to be impossible can be possible if we put our mind to it. They will be around A4 in size and to make them structurally sound I will probably make a subframe for the rear

I applaud your attitude Gary, most things are possible. I hope the labour and materials costs stack up for your project.

The fundamental problem with this one is how to achieve a usable rebate inside such a thin frame.

If the customer wants a really thin wooden frame then you could give them that by inverting either of the profiles - A195, A353, or A11 from the R&H range.
The frame would then be front-loading but by keeping the moulding so high, the eye only notices the thin profile at the front.
The artwork and glass will sit, sunken down on to the bottom rebate but held in by a narrow collar of thick mount board, cut with a bevel and glued into place.
If you paint everything black, you would never notice the board.

Or stain the top edge dark brown to make a bigger contrast and further distract the eye.

The customer may be looking for a wood product; you’re looking at something that may need bracing.

The oak veneer on the wrapped metal mouldings is all that can be seen and touched once hung; the metal braces it! It’s one way to look at it and seeing as it will give what you want, or even smaller, I’d offer the option.

If the frames are actually A4, Nielsen probably do them as ready mades!

Otherwise you’ ll probably have to adapt something or make it/have it made. I don’t think you’re going to find anything that narrow, especially with a rebate deep enough to accommodate a bracing frame. 8mm width with a 3mm lip, which you wouldn’t want to be any smaller, is finicky, but not impossible by any means. Good luck!