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2. Strainer bar - Wikipedia

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   Backside view of a strainer frame displaying corner construction. A strainer bar is used to construct a wooden stretcher frame used by artists to mount their canvases.They are traditionally a wooden framework support on which an artist fastens a piece of canvas.

3. Gallery wrap - Wikipedia

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   The frame is usually 1.25" (approx. 4 cm) thick. As a result, the hardware (staples or tacks) used to secure the canvas are not visible. The sides of the canvas are prepared and primed in the same manner as the face or front. They may then be painted a solid color (usually white) or painted to continue the image appearing on the face.

4. Support (art) - Wikipedia

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   The support for an oil painting can be either rigid or flexible, both providing certain opportunities and challenges for the artist. In order to get both the stability and the desired texture, painters for finished paintings usually use canvas that are pre-stretched on a solid frame or panel [3] (so-called stretchers usually made of stretcher ...

5. Stretcher bar - Wikipedia

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   It allows the canvas weave to "roll over" the profile rather than snap over a sharp edge which is a major cause of canvas cracking. [3] It also increases the surface area of the frame, which reduces its friction with the canvas. This will make it easier to pull the canvas and make it more taut. [4]

6. 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 ...

7. Easel - Wikipedia

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   An example of a tripod design easel with an inclining mechanism built in. Brisbane Technical College Signwriting class, ca. 1900 Look up easel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An easel is an upright support used for displaying and/or fixing something resting upon it, at an angle of about 20° to the vertical. [ 1 ]