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2. Canvas - Wikipedia

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   Stapled canvases stay stretched tighter over a longer period of time, but are more difficult to re-stretch when the need arises. Canvas boards are made of canvas stretched over and glued to a cardboard backing, and sealed on the backside. The canvas is typically linen primed for a certain type of paint.

3. The Most Stylish Covers to Protect Your Favorite Sofa - AOL

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   Stretch the base piece to fit around a 72-inch to 96-inch sofa, then cover three cushions with the included covers. ... Canvas, linen | Colors: 18 | Care: Machine ... The size of your sofa cover ...

4. Stretcher bar - Wikipedia

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   Unlike other types of stretchers, the corner joints in French stretchers are not glued or fastened in any permanent way. This allows the canvas to be re-tensioned later, as it has a natural tendency to stretch and sag over time. In contrast, strainer bars stretch canvas in a fixed (non-adjustable) way. The keys became popular in the 19th century.

5. Draped painting - Wikipedia

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   Draped paintings are paintings on unstretched canvas or fabric that are hung, tied, or draped from individual points and allowed to bunch or fold. The style was developed in the late 1960s and 1970s by several groups of artists, and popularized most notably by American artist Sam Gilliam, who created a large number of Drape paintings throughout his career, often as large-format installation ...

6. Cotton duck - Wikipedia

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   Cotton duck (from Dutch: doek, meaning "cloth"), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. Duck canvas is more tightly woven than plain canvas. There is also linen duck, which is less often used. Cotton duck is used in a wide range of applications, from sneakers to painting canvases to tents ...

7. Balanced fabric - Wikipedia

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   A balanced plain weave is a fabric in which the warp threads and the weft threads are equally spaced, and are identical or similar in size. [1]: 76 In addition to the same sett, the yarn is the same in the warp and weft. [2] The term can be used for a tabby weave [1]: 86 or a basketweave. [1]: 88