Cotton Mat Board

Big selection of archival mat boards and mat supplies for all of your framing needs.

Cotton mat board.

And we didn t skimp on quality. The colored surface paper is of the finest quality fade and bleed resistant. Ragmat boards 100 cotton acid and lignin free meeting all of the stringent standards of the library of congress fine art trade guild professional picture framers of america and more crescent ragmat boards are the safest materials available to come into contact with artwork. Rag mat by crescent made of 100 cotton fiber.

It comes in a variety of colors including many neu. Each board is 4 ply 054 058 approximately 1 4. This is the option museums and collectors choose when framing photographs and artwork and is the most expensive option. Museum boards are made by laminating paper sheets together to create 2 ply 4 ply or 8 ply thicknesses.

When cutting a window mat the bevel cut will exhibit the same solid color as the top and bottom of the. This is the time trusted archival standard used by artists and conservators for more than two. Crescent 4 ply ragmat museum mat boards are designed for conservation and preservation are acid free and made from 100 cotton. Cotton is used to make the finest type of paper and mat boards because it is the purest form of natural cellulose.

Other cotton rag mat board features no face papers providing museum quality protection. Rag is strong requires less processing has a history of performance and it is an annually renewable resource making it a better product for our planet. Select from pre cut mats with backing or full mat boards sized 32x40 that are both lignin free and acid free. This premium line of matboard has a pure white 100 cotton rag core and backing paper.

The colored surface paper. Blick is pleased to offer uncut matboards and pre cut mats for decorative conservation and archival applications plus foam board and mounting board for posters presentations or craft projects. Shop for matboards and art framing supplies that include glazing materials mat cutters clamps and more. Museum mat boards are made of 100 cotton.

Some archival mat board is made of cotton rag but have wood based face papers. Cotton rag core and backing paper. Mat board can be constructed from a number of different materials all affecting the mat s archival abilities. Museum quality 100 cotton mat board in 2 ply 4 ply 8 ply.

In addition to the 4 ply we offer white rag mat board in 2 ply 1 ply and an unbuffered 4 ply version. Cotton unlike wood contains no lignin at all. Crescent ragmat matboard is of archiv. Combined with archival framing methods your artwork will be preserved for hundreds of years.

This board is made with 100 cotton fibers with solid color throughout. This premium line of matboard has a pure white 100.