What Comes in the Box With a Framed Print

A short answer to a practical question. Every framed and canvas edition ships with the hardware needed to hang it, and here is exactly what that means for your wall.

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The short answer

Yes. Framed Max Kurzweil print orders ship as ready-to-hang art prints with a hanging kit included in the box. That kit covers the standard case: a wire or D-rings fitted to the frame, plus hooks and wall anchors for drywall or masonry. You supply only the tools, a hammer or drill and a level.

What the hanging kit contains

The kit is packed with the print, not sent separately. A framed edition arrives with its hanging hardware already fitted to the frame, so the D-rings and wire are in place before the box is sealed. The loose items are the wall side of the job. That means hooks sized to the frame's weight, wall anchors, and nails or screws matched to the hook type. Nothing on the wall side needs to be bought afterward.

This matters because missing hardware is the most common complaint in the framed art trade. A print that arrives without hooks turns a five minute job into a trip to the hardware store. The kit exists to prevent exactly that. If an order ever arrives with a piece missing, the fix is a replacement part, not a refund, and support will send it. The framed Landscape in Snow poster is a good example of a piece that ships this way.

How to hang it in ten minutes

Start by deciding the height. The convention is eye level, which puts the center of the frame around 145 to 152 centimeters from the floor. Mark that point lightly in pencil. Hold the frame's wire at its highest taut point and measure down to the top of the frame, then transfer that distance to the wall so the hook lands where it should.

Fix the hook into the mark. For drywall, the supplied anchor takes a screw without hunting for a stud in most cases. For masonry, use the anchor and a drill. Hang the frame, check it with a level, and adjust. The whole job needs a hammer, a drill if the wall is hard, a tape measure and a pencil. A framed Hoarfrost near Pontoise print follows the same routine, as does any canvas edition with fitted hardware.

Before you start

Check the kit contents against the packing slip before you begin
Confirm the wall type so you use the right anchor
Keep the frame face down on a clean surface while fitting hooks
Have a second person hold large frames while you level them

Walls, weights and honest limits

The kit is designed for ordinary residential walls. Drywall, plaster and standard masonry are all covered by the included anchors. It is not designed for tile, glass or very thin paneling, where the anchor will not bite. On those surfaces the right approach is a specialist fixing bought for the wall, not a heavier hook.

Weight is the other limit. The supplied hooks are rated for the frame they ship with, so a small desk-size print and a large framed poster use different hardware. If you plan to hang a piece above a radiator, on a stairwell wall or anywhere it will be knocked, a security fixing is worth considering. Nothing in the kit prevents that upgrade. For delivery timing rather than hardware, the shipping question is answered in the delivery times guide.

The hardware is the cheap part of the job. The mark on the wall is the part people get wrong.

Wall type	Use from the kit	Your part
Drywall	Anchor and screw hook	Drill or screwdriver
Plaster	Anchor and screw hook	Pre-drill a pilot hole
Masonry	Masonry anchor and screw	Hammer drill and bit
Tile or panel	None recommended	Specialist fixing

Kit contents by surface

Key takeaways

Every framed and canvas edition ships with a complete hanging kit in the same box.
Frame-side hardware arrives fitted, so the wall side is the only work left.
The kit covers drywall, plaster and masonry but not tile or glass surfaces.
A missing part is replaced on request rather than treated as a return.

Related questions

Do I need to buy anything extra before hanging a framed print?

Only tools. The kit includes hooks, anchors and fixings matched to the frame's weight. You need a hammer, a drill for hard walls, a tape measure, a pencil and a level. If your wall is tile or glass, a specialist fixing bought locally is the safer route than any included anchor.

Is the hanging hardware already attached to the frame?

Yes. D-rings and the wire are fitted to the frame before it is packed, so you never handle the frame-side hardware at all. The loose parts in the kit are for the wall. This is the same across framed posters and canvas editions with fitted hardware.

What if a part of the hanging kit is missing when it arrives?

Check the contents against the packing slip before starting. If something is missing, contact support and a replacement part is sent rather than the whole order returned. This is rare, but hardware is the one component where a quick replacement beats any workaround.

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