Classic Frames — a 15 mm face over the canvas edge

A classic frame sits over the canvas. The face laps 5 mm onto the front of the image and holds the edge, so there is no gap and no mount board — the frame and the picture meet directly. It is the tighter, more traditional of the two framed options.

Face
15 mm
Overlap
5 mm onto the print
Depth
25 mm
Glass
None

Because the face laps the edge, a classic frame loses 5 mm of the image on all four sides. That is deliberate: it is what lets the frame grip the canvas without a visible gap. If you would rather keep every millimetre of the picture, the floater frame leaves the whole image showing.

The three finishes

Black frame corner enlarged — the moulding face, the join and the canvas edge

Black

15 mm face · 5 mm overlap · 25 mm depth

The default, and the safest. A flat black lip reads as a drawn line around the image rather than as furniture, which is why it suits nearly every subject.

White frame corner enlarged — the moulding face, the join and the canvas edge

White

15 mm face · 5 mm overlap · 25 mm depth

Lifts a dark or heavily pigmented image off a pale wall. It is the only one of the three that adds light rather than containing it.

Gold frame corner enlarged — the moulding face, the join and the canvas edge

Gold

15 mm face · 5 mm overlap · 25 mm depth

Warm rather than brassy. It belongs with traditional subjects — pichwai, miniature, phad — where a plain lip would feel like an under-statement.

What the back looks like

Sawtooth hanger already screwed to the stretcher bar behind a classic framed canvas

Same as every piece we make: the sawtooth hanger is already fitted, and there is no glass to reflect a lamp or to crack in transit.

Compare with the floater frame, which stands off the canvas with an 8 mm gap, or wrapped canvas with no frame at all. Sizing is covered in the size & scale guide.