Canvas
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A short encyclopedia entry on canvas from Rees's Cyclopedia. It defines canvas as a coarse, openly and regularly woven linen or hempen cloth used for tapestry work grounds and painting. It lists commercial varieties (Dutch, Barras, Hessian, packing, spruce, working canvas) and notes the preparation of painters' canvas and the use of the name for sail cloth.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
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- 1
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