Wall Mounted Picture Ledge 900mm in Matt Black Lacquer

A ledge for leaning framed work, at 90mm deep with a 22mm lip, which is the proportion that holds an A2 frame.

A plinth is a simple object and almost every cheap one gets the same three things wrong. The panel is too thin, so the top deflects under a bronze and you can see it from across the room. The corners are mitred and glued rather than lock jointed, so they open after one move and the paint cracks at the arris. And there is no ballast, so a tall plinth with a light object on it can be knocked over by somebody walking past with a coat. Ours are 18mm on a braced internal frame, lock jointed at every corner, and ballasted at the base on anything over 900mm tall.

Specification

• Dimensions: see the product name for the length, 150mm deep
• Display surface: flat and sprayed on every visible face including the underside
• Construction: concealed welded steel frame, machined into the panel
• Finish: 18mm MDF sprayed in a two pack polyurethane to RAL 9005 in a dead matt, which swallows reflections and is why photographers ask for it
• Load rating: 20kg evenly distributed
• Levelling: not applicable, this fixes to a wall
• Security: not applicable
• Delivery: one carton
• Weight: approximately 3.6 kilograms
• Fixing: concealed, 3 wall fixings, masonry pack supplied
• Plasterboard on dabs: a long fixing pack is free on request
• No visible bracket, which is the whole point
• A full length paper marking template is in the box
• Levelling: check across the length, not against the ceiling

What you get

• The wall mounted picture ledge 900mm
• A concealed steel frame, machined in
• Masonry fixings, with a plasterboard pack free on request
• A full length paper marking template
• A 50ml pot of the exact finish

Setting it up

Mark from the template rather than from the piece, drill, fix the frame and check it for level in both directions before the shelf goes on. That last check is the whole job.

Specifying it

Two rules cover most of it. The top of a plinth should be a little smaller than the footprint of the object, not larger, because a visible margin of empty plinth reads as a mistake and an object that slightly overhangs reads as deliberate. And the height should put the centre of the work between 1300 and 1500mm off the floor, which is eye level for most people standing at a comfortable viewing distance. For a small object that means a tall plinth, which people resist and should not. If in doubt, send us the dimensions and weight of the piece and we will tell you the size we would use.