Canvas swatch under window mount

[Bagpuss]

A customer who has used me before brought me a canvas she had painted, 40cm x 40cm, actually it was part of a bigger canvas which she had cut down and framed in a deep rebate IKEA frame with a single aperture mount over it. When I took it apart I could see that the canvas had been taped all the way round the back onto the mount ..

I want to secure it to a sheet of 5mm foamcore but am now unsure how to approach this using a conservation technique, it doesn't really need to be totally stuck down I was thinking that it could hang
from the top edge somehow but am unsure what to use now.

any suggestions would be appreciated,

thanks,
Adam

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[Roboframer]

You could try edge support strips or even mylar corners, but would it lay flat? If it did by being taped all around then maybe it will.

If you want to 'T' hinge it a-la something on paper, then starch paste would probably hold.

[span2iels]

I have a similar problem, a customer has brought a giclee on canvas and wants a similar framing job as seen in the shop but there is insufficient borders to get the same effect using standard method with stretcher bars. We have agreed that I will attempt to treat the canvas as artwork on paper with mounts etc and if it does not work we would go back to the standard. What I am going to try is to use linen tape for the 'T' hinges along the top and because it is 750mm long I am going to put another 'T' hinge approx three quarters of the way down each side and then use the mounts as standard for artwork on paper.

I am not sure if it will work and that the canvas remain flat but the customer and I have agreed to try in order to get the effect he wants.

[Moglet]

I've not done it with a canvas, but sometimes I have framed ethnic art done on fabric. I stitch the piece to the undermount in a couple of places, instead of hinging it with tape.

[Bagpuss]

Well this afternoon I hinged the canvas in three places on the top edge using linen tape and some starch paste, I wasn't too sure if it would be strong enough but it appears to have stuck like the proverbial brown stuff I was pleasantly surprised.

Thanks for your helpful suggestions.

Adam