I was skeptical about these frames as the material is plastic but it’s a very durable plastic and the gold finish is beautiful and doesn’t look plastic at all—not a gaudy, bright gold, more of a vintage gold. Placed some 8 x 10 inch photos in them and they look so classy. Only complaint is that the back is secured by a bunch of metal tabs that you have to bend to remove instead of the kind you can simply turn so it’s a bit of a pain taking it off. Bought another set of three.