Poster Frames

Poster frames are used with posters for one of three purposes, to enhance the image, to make the poster easier to display, and more often to protect it. Posters can easily wear out due to age, tape or tack damage. In fact, in the golden age of Hollywood, after a year or so movie posters were discarded after a film's run since they were usually too damaged by that time to hold as a collectible. Keeping a poster in a poster frame can preserve the image for years on end, and also allow for easier wall hanging.

Types Of Poster Frames

What kind of poster frames can you find when shopping at a store or online? There are wood poster frames, made from either soft or hard wood and these may be combined with other materials like aluminum or polystyrene. There are also plastic poster frames and metal poster frames to choose from. Poster frames can be of any color or texture, whether a wood poster frame or plastic poster frame, and gilding is a common practice. (Gilding is the art of applying metal leaf, such as gold or silver to a surface) Some poster frames may also have moulding.

The picture frame usually contains a pane of glass or at least a plastic substitute to protect the poster. If glass is used then it may be treated with various coatings and glazings, which further protect the image and make the glass invisible.

In order for posters to be framed under glass, the glass must be raised off the surface of the paper. This is done by matting, which is a lining of plastic spaces, stacking two mouldings with the glass in between. This has to be done because if the poster were to touch the glass directly then any condensation contained in the glass would absorb directly into the poster. With no room for evaporation this could cause mildew to form which would ruin the poster.

Finding Cheap Poster Frames

Where can you find movie poster frames? You can find cheap movie poster frames and quality works from various online vendors and collectible shops. An online selection would offer more variety, though a collectible shop is not necessarily more expensive. You can search for 24 x 36 poster frames, 27x40 poster frames and large poster frames. If you are looking for a poster frame, larger than 27x40 movie poster frames at vendor websites such as posterframescentral.com.