Calligraphy: Handwriting as an art. Elegant penmanship with decoration and design is of primary importance.

Decorative Arch Cut: A mat cut with a positive rounded arch at the top intruding into the window and overlapping the image.

Decorative Mat Cut: A mat cut with a decorative contour.

Double Mat: When mats are layered in a picture frame, the top mat forms the main border and the bottom mat is revealed slightly just around the image. Double mats are great to bring out an accent color in the piece and to give an extra sense of depth.

Duotone: Any picture printed in two shades of the same color.

Easel Backed: An attachment on the back of small frames that allows display on a table or flat surface without any other support.

Embellishment: A three dimensional insert meant to beautify by ornamentation.

Emboss: To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament. To adorn or embellish.

Fillet: A narrow decorative strip of wood protruding from under the window mount. A fillet distances artwork from glazing and aesthetically enhances the artwork. Fillets are currently fashionable and are being designed to flatter contemporary artwork. In architecture, the term 'fillet' is used to refer to a narrow flat molding between two larger moldings or surfaces.

Handcrafted custom framed art: The finished product is handcrafted. The molding is cut in the frame shop for each piece. Then the mat board is cut to fit the design. After that the glass is cut. Once the components are pulled together, custom framers assemble the framed art. This gives you a handcrafted custom designed high quality piece of framed art that you can display in your home and admire for generations to come.

Liner: A frame molding used within the outer molding. May be covered with fabric, often velvet or linen. Many liners are made from fully finished frame stock, including gold or silver. Sometimes called an insert.

Mat: A border, usually made from mat board, placed around a print, photograph, etc., to serve as a spacer for separation between the picture and the frame.

Molding: Wood or metal which has been refined and shaped and which includes a rabbet for use in the framing industry as frame stock.

Oversize: Describes the size of a frame or materials that are larger than standard 32-by-40 inch mat board.

Sepia-tone: This is achieved through the use of a single color medium (brown). The art pieces are reproduced using a 2-color, or duotone, process of two shades of brown on 80-100 lb. cotton buff art stock. Sepia-tone prints have a very intriguing, aged look that is very appealing.

Rabbet: The inner lip of a frame in which the picture framing materials, including the glass, mats, artwork, and backing, are held.

Table Top: Small framed art intended to sit atop a table or desk.

Unframed: This option is offered for our friends who would like to have their artpiece framed at their local framers, allowing them to make their choice of materials used.