Frame finish policies

I am on a search for any standards or policies conservators or
museums may have regarding the specifics of the finishes used on
frames.

Our museum has repeatedly ran into issues finding satisfactory
frames for enormous works on paper.  We find ourselves in the need
to frame works that are in the 10 foot x 5 foot range and larger.
Common frame stocks are often insubstantial and we have developed a
frame profile with a local mill to begin producing our own larger
frames.

I'm finding it difficult to pin down what finishes are going to be
the most practical for a museum.  Art frame producers are tight
lipped about what they use.  Finishes are completed long before they
ever reach museums and are seemingly presumed acceptable.  We want
to use the safest finish process for works on paper we can if we are
going to be making that decision ourselves.

Does anyone have any experience with specifying frame finishes for
works on paper and paintings or have any standards they may already
use?

Alex Moomey
Curatorial Assistant/Preparator - Exhibitions
PO Box 2137
Little Rock AR 72203
501-396-0375


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