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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
An archival, stiff [[paperboard|paperboard]], that is placed under or over a drawing, painting, or photograph to serve as a frame or provide a border between the picture and the frame. Mat boards are available in a variety of colors and surface finishes.  Most mat boards are made from wood pulp, but archival quality [[rag|rag]] boards are also available.
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A cotton-based [[mat board|mat board]], that is placed under or over a drawing, painting, or photograph to serve as a frame or provide a border between the picture and the frame. Rag boards are available in a variety of colors and surface finishes.  Most rag mat boards are made with a cotton core and backing with acid-neutralized facing.  An archival quality board made of 100% cotton is generally specified as 'museum rag'.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
  
ragmat; matboard; paperboard
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ragmat; rag matboard
 
 
[[File:Crescent RagMat Blick.jpg|thumb|Crescent RagMat; Dick Blick]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Materials database]]
 
[[Category:Materials database]]

Latest revision as of 12:08, 23 November 2019

Crescent RagMat; Dick Blick

Description

A cotton-based Mat board, that is placed under or over a drawing, painting, or photograph to serve as a frame or provide a border between the picture and the frame. Rag boards are available in a variety of colors and surface finishes.  Most rag mat boards are made with a cotton core and backing with acid-neutralized facing. An archival quality board made of 100% cotton is generally specified as 'museum rag'.

Synonyms and Related Terms

ragmat; rag matboard

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