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Paintings On Wood:
Peasant paintings and folk art. Paintings on wood, canvas, paper, velvet, and glass, of naive and quaint subject matter, made by peasants and amateurs in Europe and America.icing wood If the damaged area is greater than is practicable cut out and replace the damaged wood. Remove all the ed wood and shape the surrounding area so you can match it new wood. Apply wood hardener to any remaining soft fibers. ;at exposed wood with a clear wood preservative and, if you lanning to paint, use pretreated wood to fill the hole. Other-treat your shaped piece with clear wood preservative before 3 it in place. It is best to cut the repair piece slightly too high so you can plane or sand it flush with the surrounding wood.
Picture Framing The framing of pictures is a matter of great importance. Etchings, water colors, oil paintings, Japanese prints, pencil drawings, and photographs all require varying types of frames. Some are better under glass, some without; some require ornate frames, others the simplest ones possible. The frames of a generation ago were almost invariably bad. They were too heavy and elaborate, often overloaded by shadow boxes, and in many cases were more important than the pictures they contained. Furthermore, these frames were of plaster and not of carved and gilded wood, as were the beautiful frames of the 18th century. Designs were poor and of a commercial character. At present antique frames are much in demand for both genuinely old paintings and prints.
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