Plaques

Page last updated: 09/06/2011

Each picture plaque is separately crafted and hand finished, maintaining the highest regard for traditional skills.

Blanks used for oil gilding by regular request, are cut from resilient Formica, allowing them to be secured and lifted without splitting. Transfer gold leaf is used for this process.

Jeluton wood is selected for the long established method of water gilding. Loose leaf 231/2ct. gold is laid to give the most traditional result.
After each technique the gold can be distressed, achieving a tone or patina to blend in with the frame.

Facsimile lettering is featured when restoring old tablets, ensuring that missing or damaged letters are correctly reproduced. Should a replacement plaque be needed then the lettering could replicate the original, thus giving a satisfying sense of continuity.
All types of fittings supplied. Longer pins are provided should it be mounted over an ornament on the frame.
Plaques can range in size from a tiny 8x3cm to glue onto objets d'art, or large enough to hang on chains in stately homes.
You can choose from a variety of 'ends' as illustrated here.
NB: When ordering it is helpful to state the height you want the plaque to be.

Venture Graphics

Prestigious Hand Lettering

Rendered Plaque

Perspex Plaque

Louis II

Plynth-1

Royal Exchange

Hamilton

Lefevere

Mercury & Herse

Garneray

Peiter

Calraet

Koninck

Legge

Vollerdt