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INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR MATBOARD?
Whatever you may
have read about boards and 'standards', the
reality is that some matboards today still
bleed, still fade, and still contain highly
damaging levels of acid (lignin), because they
use cheaper, recycled pulp in all or parts of
the board.
Tests have shown
that these can contain up to 10 times more acid
than the internationally accepted standards for
conservation quality.
Unfortunately there
is no single "universally accepted" industry
standard for preservation quality matboard,
however the most commonly referred to industry
standards are outlined by the following
organisations:
FACTS - Fine Art
Care and Treatment standings for picture framing
(US) -
www.artfacts.org
Library of
Congress (US) -
www.loc.gov
FATG - Fine Art
Trade Guild (UK) -
www.fatg.co.uk
Bainbridge Artcare
Matboard is the only brand of conservation
quality matboard that both meets and exceeds
all of these standards and requirements for the
highest level of preservation matting.
The entire range of
Bainbridge Artcare matboard is made from only
the very best quality virgin alpha-cellulose
pulp, which gives you a guarantee of an acid
content below the maximum levels specified.
Artcare matboard also features the industry's
highest level of bleed and fade resistance in a
matboard product.
THE ARTCARE
ARCHIVAL SYSTEM:
When you choose Bainbridge Artcare
matting products, you give your customer's art far more
protection than any other conservation product can.
Artcare patented Micro Chamber technology protects art
from being aged, faded and deteriorated by harmful
pollutants and acid by-products in the environment
within the framed piece.
MICROCHAMBER TECHNOLOGY?
What does it do?
MicroChamber technology
uses molecular traps or "zeolites" which are naturally
occuring minute crystalline structures. They have an
almost limitless capacity to absorb and are widely used
today in anti-cancer drugs, water treatment, and air
filtration to name just a few uses.
What is new now, is the
incorporation of this technology into paper.
In the 1990's a chemist,
Bill Holliger, patented the incorporation of these
SPZ zeolite molecular traps in the fibres of paper. This
created a unique and outstanding new product area; now
for the first time, paper and board could be made that
not only had no acid in it, but much more importantly,
would trap and render harmless most of the acid gases
in our environment.
Examples of ever-present
harmful gases in our atmosphere include nitrogen
dioxide (caused by car exhaust) and sulphur dioxide
(caused by factory emmissions), which are harmless to
humans, but harmful and detrimental to the lifespan of a
variety of photographic and paper-based artwork.
How do
we know it works?
This new
technology has changed best practice completely in the
framing industry as Artcare matboard now has patented
zeolite molecular traps in it's paper fibres.
With Artcare, framers now
have matboard that will actively protect the artwork in
the frame, and significantly extend the life of the
artwork. The MicroChamber technology in Artcare
matboards has been identified by world recognised
research institutions such as the Getty Institute, etc,
as the best method for protecting framed artwork.
Find some useful references
which verify Artcare MicroChamber technology below:
Case Studies
Click here for a
collection of exciting case studies where professionals
and institutions have turned to Artcare products to
conserve priceless documents and pictures.
ARTCARE. PREFERRED BY THE FINEST
MUSEUMS...
As it now stands, the
incredible proven results from independent testing of
Artcare matboard, has made it preferred and specified by
leading museums, collections and galleries around the
world.
List of Museums: (click
here for extensive listing brochure)
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● Australian National Gallery |
● British National Library, London |
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● Australian National Archives |
● Los Angles Museum of Art |
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● J. Paul Getty Museum |
● Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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● The Smithsonian Institute |
● National Archives, Washington |
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● Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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● National Portrait Gallery, London |
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● National Archives of Canada |
● Art Institute of Chicago |
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● Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris |
● New York Public Library |
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● National Maritime Museum, England |
● Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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● San Diego Historical Society |
● Holocaust Museum, Washington |
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● Columbia University, New York |
● Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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SHOW YOUR CUSTOMERS YOU CARE...
At the end of the day, it's
your reputation. When customers bring artwork
to you for framing, show them how much you care about
their treasured memories by entrusting it to Artcare
preservation products. It is simply the best in archival
care, which makes it the most effective way to show you
care.
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