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  2. Scrim (material) - Wikipedia

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    In carpentry, scrim is a very heavy, coarsely-woven fabric (similar to hessian or to coarse canvas) which is stretched over interior boards to provide support for wallpaper and to add extra rigidity. This method of construction, widely used in older houses, is often referred to as " Scrim and sarking ", the sarking being the board.

  3. List of art media - Wikipedia

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    Media, or mediums, are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. [1] For example, a visual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves have more specific media within them, such as watercolor paints or marble.

  4. Canvas - Wikipedia

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    Modern canvas is usually made of cotton or linen, or sometimes polyvinyl chloride (PVC), although historically it was made from hemp. It differs from other heavy cotton fabrics, such as denim, in being plain weave rather than twill weave. Canvas comes in two basic types: plain and duck. The threads in duck canvas are more tightly woven.

  5. Lining of paintings - Wikipedia

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    In general, more importance is placed on the stiffness of lining fabrics as stiff adhesives that impregnate the canvas are no longer popular due to their permanent alteration of the original canvas. [3] While the synthetic fabrics currently in use do not share aesthetic qualities of linen, there is currently development of linen-look synthetic ...

  6. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Fiberglass is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is widely used in the manufacture of insulation and textiles. gossamer A gossamer is a very light, sheer, gauze-like fabric, popular for white wedding dresses and decorations. [15] grogram Grogram is a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or with mohair and often stiffened ...

  7. Plain weave - Wikipedia

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    Balanced plain weaves are fabrics in which the warp and weft are made of threads of the same weight (size) and the same number of ends per inch as picks per inch. [ 3 ] Basketweave is a variation of plain weave in which two or more threads are bundled and then woven as one in the warp or weft, or both.

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