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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.

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Open matte - Wikipedia

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   Aspect ratio 2.35:1 versus 1.85:1. 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 ...

6. Marston Mat - Wikipedia

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   RAF aircrew with one of their Bristol Beaufighters on a PSP airstrip at Biferno, Italy, August 1944. Marston Mat, more properly called pierced (or perforated) steel planking (PSP), is standardized, perforated steel matting material developed by the United States at the Waterways Experiment Station shortly before World War II, primarily for the rapid construction of temporary runways and ...

7. Metal Section Frame - Wikipedia

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   The metal section frame was invented by picture framer Donald P. Herbert (1926–1982) in the late 1960s. The frame was designed to fill a void within the framing industry. The concept followed Herbert's attendance at a museum conference in 1967 in Toronto where he met with Dr. Harold Joachim (1909–1983), at that time the Curator of the ...