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  2. French standard sizes for oil paintings - Wikipedia

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    Harvest near Auvers (1890), a size 30 canvas, by Vincent van Gogh. French standard sizes for oil paintings refers to a series of different sized canvases for use by artists. The sizes were fixed in the 19th century. Most artists [weasel words] —not only French—used this standard, as it was supported by the main suppliers of artist materials.

  3. Frostburg State University - Wikipedia

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    www.frostburg.edu. Frostburg State University (FSU) is a public university in Frostburg, Maryland. [6] The university is the only four-year institution of the University System of Maryland west of the Baltimore-Washington passageway in the state's Appalachian highlands. Founded in 1898 by Maryland State Senator, John Leake, Frostburg was ...

  4. Cotton duck - Wikipedia

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    Cotton duck (from Dutch: doek, " linen canvas "), 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 ...

  5. Canvas - Wikipedia

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    Canvas. Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.

  6. Floating canvas - Wikipedia

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    Floating canvas. In tailoring, a floating canvas is a fabric panel sewn inside the front of a suit jacket or coat. The floating canvas adds structure to the front panel of a jacket, and ensures that the jacket drapes properly and maintains its shape over time. [1] It is traditionally made from horsehair, woven together with wool, cotton, linen ...

  7. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    For medical use, see body shape. Bust/waist/hip measurements (informally called 'body measurements' or ′vital statistics′) are a common method of specifying clothing sizes. They match the three inflection points of the female body shape. In human body measurement, these three sizes are the circumferences of the bust, waist and hips; usually ...

  8. Double-square painting - Wikipedia

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    A double-square painting is a painting made on uncommonly large canvases, which have one dimension that is twice the size of the other. Vincent van Gogh used 50 cm × 100 cm (20 in × 39 in) double-squares almost exclusively during the final weeks of his life in Auvers, in June and July 1890. [1] Other artists who have painted double-square ...

  9. Canvas print - Wikipedia

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    Canvas print. Digitally created art printed on canvas. A canvas print is the result of an image printed onto canvas which is often stretched, or gallery-wrapped, onto a frame and displayed. Canvas prints are used as the final output in an art piece, or as a way to reproduce other forms of art.