Wood mouldings

Whenever we use bare solid-wood mouldings, we carefully hand-finish them in a way that lets the natural beauty of the timber speak for itself. The technique is often employed on bespoke fine furniture and imparts a protective classy sheen that looks integral with the wood rather than being a distinct coating on top.

Solid pine

This timber is likely to feature some black knots at random. These, along with the pale, slightly yellow colour, give the wood its distinctive appearance. Soft and light in weight, pine is an unpretentious timber with rustic connotations. Aesthetically, it works well in the right setting.

Solid maple

A beautiful wood with a swirling, spaced-out grain that's neither strong nor weak in appearance. It is a hint darker and less yellow than pine. Being relatively hard and dense, it takes a finer finish and the overall appearance is crisper and more refined than pine.

Solid ash

This hard pale wood has a pronounced grain. Sometimes it runs in many parallel, almost straight lines along the moulding. On other occasions, it produces concentric rings, or parts of rings across the width. The colour may vary within the same piece. Mostly, it is a shade darker again than maple, but it is still a blonde wood. A few examples have pale streaks closer in colour to pine.

Due to these variations, ash frames more obviously differ from each other than those made with many other woods. The illustrations are, therefore, more than with most, only representative of the frame you will receive.

Solid cherry

The pattern and surface finish resemble maple, but the colour is a warm medium brown with slightly more contrast in the grain.

Solid black walnut

'Black' in the name is misleading - this wood is a rich brown with a fine, almost black grain that tends towards straightness.

Solid black ash

Exactly the same moulding as natural solid ash, but stained black before finishing. The grain shows as a subtle surface texture.

Silver

A pre-finished wood moulding whose front and sides are decorated with a finely flecked metallic foil. Not quite matt, it catches the light a little. Reflections are highly diffuse and only begin to show recognisable images when objects are placed an inch or two away.

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