Hello,
I have a dilemma. I purchased a piece of art a few weeks ago and it came with a lovely frame. I really want to get another one! This is a picture of the frame (I have erased the art in this picture as I was trying to Google image search).
It’s a black frame with a see-through glass border on the inside (it looks cream as that is the wall behind it) and then another black frame which surrounds the image.
I’ve really struggle to find this frame. There is no info or label on the frame. I contacted the artist but haven’t had a reply.
Thank you!
I think they are called floating frames. I haven’t seen one with the internal black border though.
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I put in “float frames with glass” to Duckduckgo, and selected Images, some of them look suspiciously close to what you have.
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@DeborahJonesJewellery I definitely think your right, I had the same problem when I did a big google search.
@smallartstuff Yeah they look very similar but I’ve found that they’re not see- through and have a cream or ivory mount that makes it appear so. But I haven’t tried duckduckgo - only google.
I wonder if it’s an old frame and isn’t sold anywhere currently. Hopefully the artist gets back to me. Thank you both for you help 
It looks like a one I used to buy from The Range. If you search online and narrow the choice of frames to black then this may be it! Good luck. I can’t vouch for the quality or delivery though as I stopped using them a few years ago due to damaged items being delivered.
It does look the same as i sometimes use for my paintings, i buy from The Range well made and a very good price.
Sorry, that is not a floating frame, a Floating frame or Tray frame are for canvas or painting on board, This frame is normally made to measure , custom. bespoke, as it’s not normally made as a Ready Made frame where the custome puts their image in, the picture framer put the picture in. The picture is put in the smaller inner frame, which is then stuck to perspex, the larger outer frame has glass at the front, then there is spacers placed behind the front glass, then the perspex (with the smaller frame with picture in) is placed behind the spacers then fixed in. Well that’s how I used to make them before I retired from picture framing.
There is a similar style, but without the perspex, the inner frame is attached to somthing like MDF which has a hole in the centre the same size as the back opening as the frame, so you can insert your picture, the inner frame and MDF and the outer frame are normally painted in the same colour, these are known as St. Ives Frames
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That’s really helpful to know, thank you Stephen.
You’re certainly knowledgable, I checked and there is perspex as it’s see-through to the art attached to it.
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