The Standard Decorative Matboard collection will slow the speed of ageing to the artwork, for minimum and commended levels of framing and complies with FATG quality standards.

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Features:

• Surface, core and backing paper buffered with calcium carbonate to an alkaline reserve of
  2-5 %, acid-free, pH 7.5-8.5
   

Crescent Europe’s GOOD range of matboards includes:

• Whitecore Basics

• Whitecore.120

• Whitecore Extra Thick

• Whitecore Vergé

• Regular.120

• Black Core

• Artisan

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Green is for GOOD

The Conservation Matboard collection offers a higher level of protection for conservation level framing and complies with FATG quality standards.

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Features:

• 100% alpha cellulose

• Lignin-free

• Buffered with calcium carbonate to an alkaline reserve of 3-5%, pH 8.0-8.5

• High bleed and fade resistant

• Ageing resistant complying with ISO 9706
   

Crescent Europe’s BETTER range of matboards includes:

• Brite Cores

• Colour Line

• Conservation Boards

• Conservation Linen

• Conservation Suedes

• Select.17

• Select Conservation Solids
   
   

Red is for BETTER

The Cotton Matboard collection offers the highest levels of protection for museum level framing and complies with FATG quality standards.
 

Crescent Europe’s BEST range of matboards includes:

​RagMat Museum Solids:

• 100% premium cotton board, solid colour

• 100% lignin-free and speck-free

• Buffered with calcium carbonate to an alkaline reserve of 2-5%

• pH 7.5-9.5

• PAT tested

RagMat Museum Solids Unbuffered:

• 100% premium cotton board, solid colour

• 100% lignin-free and speck-free

• Unbuffered

• pH 7.0

• PAT tested

RagMat Museum Duplex:

• Double sided cotton board with a different colour on each side

• see Rag Mat Museum Solids

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Blue is for BEST