Abstract: An article for displaying an object has side portions having an outer wall and an inner rabbet; a top profile between the outer wall and inner rabbet, the top profile providing a protruding lip over the inner rabbet; and a bottom surface; characterized by the article, when viewed from the top profile, representing a form of a letter or a numeral other than “O” or zero, non-serif capital “I”, lower case “I”, or non-serif numeral one, “M” or “W”. The article can be a picture frame, a photoframe, or a shadow box.