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2. Mat (picture framing) - Wikipedia

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   In the picture framing industry, a mat (or matte, or mount in British English) is a thin, flat piece of paper-based material included within a picture frame, which serves as additional decoration and to perform several other, more practical functions, such as separating the art from the glass. Putting mats in a frame is called matting, a term ...

3. Picture frame - Wikipedia

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   View of a frame-maker's workshop, oil on canvas, circa 1900 The elaborate decoration on this frame may be made by adhering molded plaster pieces to the wood base.. A picture frame is a container that borders the perimeter of a picture, and is used for the protection, display, and visual appreciation of objects and imagery such as photographs, canvas paintings, drawings and prints, posters ...

4. Professional Picture Framers Association - Wikipedia

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   Reproductions of antique gilded picture frame mouldings. The Professional Picture Framers Association / PPFA is an international trade organization serving the art and framing community worldwide since 1971. Members include independent frame shop owners and staff, distributors and manufacturers of picture frame mouldings, supplies and equipment ...

5. Picture framing glass - Wikipedia

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   Glass thicknesses typically range from 1.8 to 2.5 millimetres (0.071 to 0.098 in). Clear glass has light transmission of approximately 90%, absorption of approximately 2%, and reflection of approximately 8%. Whereas absorption can be reduced by using low-iron glass, reflection can only be reduced by an anti-reflective surface treatment.

6. Open matte - Wikipedia

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   Open matte is a filming technique that involves matting out the top and bottom of the film frame in the movie projector (known as a soft matte) for the widescreen theatrical release and then scanning the film without a matte (at Academy ratio) for a full screen home video release. It is roughly equivalent to an uncropped version of the film.

7. Glass fiber - Wikipedia

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   It has been used for medical purposes in casts. Glass fiber is extensively used for making FRP tanks and vessels. [6] [26] Open-weave glass fiber grids are used to reinforce asphalt pavement. [28] Non-woven glass fiber/polymer blend mats are used saturated with asphalt emulsion and overlaid with asphalt, producing a waterproof, crack-resistant ...