Glazing Canvas Art

[prospero]

There is an interesting topic on the Grumble on the subject of framing oils or more particularly canvas prints under glass. Seems to be the normal practice over in the US.

Be interested in UK framers' thoughts.....


In the course of fishing about on the web, I came across this article, which I though was well worth a read.

[stcstc]

i just read the article peter

its quite interesting

one thing i noticed, in the frame diagram at the bottom, there is a thing called a glazing seal, between the mount and the glass, i have never heard of this, what is it and whats it used for?

[iantheframer]

The glazing seal seals the glazing into the frame to form a seal against dust and other pollutants.

Many framers make a sandwich of the glass mount and backing for similar reasons.

Museums often prefer the glass sealed into the frame because it is easier to remove the art without having to cut off, clean up the sealed package and re-do it

[JohnMcafee]

Probably more than half the oils we do are framed behind glass.

About 15 years ago we re-framed an oil that had been glazed back in the thirties when it was painted, it had hung for many years in a pub and although the glass was brown with nicotine, the painting itself was in pristine condition underneath the glass.

Whenever a customer is undecided about whether or not to glaze, I tell them about that pub picture, but always let them decide.

[AllFramed]

Interesting article, thanks for posting. Hardboard and Windolene. Everything has its place it seems.