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Custom Picture Frame Mats & Liners
Preserve your art and give it that WOW-factor with a custom frame mat or linen liner to sit inside the frame of your artwork. Our picture mats and liners come in a range of colors and sizes so you get the best fit for your artwork and home.
Mats in Every Size & Color
We offer decorative mats, acid-free rag mats, decorative suede mats, metallic mats, acid-free suede mats and oversize mats in colors from white to black, yellow to purple and everything in between. Standard mat sizes go up to 32" x 40". Oversize mat sizes go up to 40" x 60".
What is a Picture Frame Mat?
Protective picture frame mats are specifically designed to create space between the art or photo and the acrylic or glass front so air can circulate. This helps prevent condensation from building up inside the frame over time for better preservation. It also provides a gallery-like aesthetic when framing documents , photos or other artwork.
Become a Matting Master
Choosing Your Mat Width
Wider mats emphasize the art while creating a highly professional, gallery-quality presentation. We recommend a mat at least twice as wide as the width of the frame.
Bottom-Weighted Mats
Bottom-weighting means making the bottom mat width slightly wider than the top, left and right sides to compensate for an optical illusion that happens where your bottom mat width looks narrower.
Color MATching
It’s best to choose a mat that complements the artwork, not everything around it. Choose a mat no lighter than the lightest color within your art, no darker than the darkest & no brighter than the brightest to add to your art.
Double Mats
Consider using white or a neutral color on top. Then, for the "reveal," (the inner mat closest to your artwork) punch up the color by matching the mat to a dominant color in the artwork. This color contrast is a nice way to make your art pop.
Triple Mats
Triple mats have 3 mats. Try two neutral outer mats with a pop of color on a third mat around your picture. It adds loads of dimension and draws the eye inwards to your art and photos!
Mat Samples
We offer FREE mat samples, so you can check out the color and texture of the mat, see how it looks with your art and frame.
What Are Linen Liners?
For canvas art, you will need a custom linen liner instead of a custom mat for a frame. These liners can be paired with ¾ framed stretch canvases and linen liner-compatible frames so your canvas wall art looks just as refined as your framed photos and prints.
Types of Custom Mats and Linen Liners
We offer a range of custom picture mats such as decorative mats, acid-free mats, suede mats, metallic mats and oversize mats to get the look you want. Our color selection includes black and white, neutrals and rich colors perfect for layering mats and color matching with each piece of art.
More Mat Ordering Options & Tools
For more information on these other mat ordering options and tools, please call Customer Care at 800-332-8884.
Bulk Mat Board
Mixed Mat Packs
301S Logan Mat Cutter
Basic Mat Cutting Book
How to Choose the Right Liner or Mat for Your Frame
Start by choosing the desired width for your custom photo mats or linen picture frame liners and decide whether you would like a bottom-weighted option. Bottom-weighted mats are wider at the bottom than the other sides and can really make your art pop. Once you have selected the right width, explore our range of colors to find the most complementary option for your artwork. Want to learn how to cut a mat yourself and frame a picture with a mat? Find everything you need to get your work framed and matted here, including mat cutting books, a mat cutter and other tools to help you frame your art. Get information on how to become a matting master from the pros at pictureframes.com.