[pure-silver] Re: Confusing Terms

  • From: "richard l. gifford" <rlgif@xxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:10:04 -0600

Basically my understanding.

regards...  Dick Gifford


DarkroomMagic wrote:

> I¹m preparing a piece on mounting and matting, and studying much existing
> literature on the subject, I ran across many confusing terms. Trying to
> makes sense of all of them and trying to define some standard terms, I came
> up with the following descriptions.
> 
> *****
> 
> Mounting board, matting board and backing board are terms, referring to the
> Œraw¹, stationery materials used.
> Mount-board, mat-board and backboard are usable sheets, cut to size from the
> above materials, and removing the window opening from the mat-board, turns
> it lastly into a functional Œwindow¹ over-mat or just a mat.
> Mount is a general term, referring to the mounting style or the entire
> assembly but without the frame.
> 
> *****
> 
> 
> Any opinions, or are these generally acceptable and understandable?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Ralph W. Lambrecht
> 



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