Linen liner tape?

[Stray Feathers]

A customer brought in a canvas in an older British frame that was one-piece painted wood but with a flat section that had about a 20 mm linen strip glued in. The linen strips have come unglued and the customer is looking for a supplier of decorative-quality linen liner tape, self-adhesive or not. It probably has to be fairly stiff so that it can be cut to width cleanly. I'm thinking of something like iron-on wood veneer or melamine tape for cabinet-making. Thinking on the fly, maybe linen matboard could be cut to width and glued in. The frame could be replaced but it is part of the story of the painting. Anyone ever come across this or seen such a product?

 

[Prospero]

These frames were very popular in the 60's/70's.

I've seen matboard cover with fabric that is very close to the sort of thing used on frames. Not sure on availabilty, but I would think you ought to be able to find some somewhere.

You could either:

Cut the matboard in strips and glue it straight in the channels. Or if this is too thick, cut in strips first and peel off the fabric.

Doing the miters might be fiddly. It the frame isn't too big I would consider cutting a mat with rev bevel 20mm wide and dropping it straight in. You would have to be very accurate though......

There is s/a linen tape but not sure if you would find one that matched. The fabric is generally a lot coarser weave than you find on linen tapes.

I'm sure someone else will provide the elegant solution.

 

[Baer Charlton]

Cut strips of 1-ply rag board (paper) about 18-19mm wide. Wrap with
fabric using fabric adhesive, or ATG.

If you use ATG, after you have turned the fabric over and taped it down on the back,
Iron it real good and flat. The heat will melt the ATG into the fabric, fully bonding it.

Now you can glue the strips down to the frame.

If you need a better explanation, see me in Edmonton at the PPFA meeting on April 29th.