Frames and supports in 15th and 16th-century Southern Netherlandish painting

VI contents 3. Semi-integral frames 66 4. Grooved frames 66 5. Rebated frames 68 F. Parchment, fibre and canvas reinforcements 68 Chapter iii CANVASES AND THEIR AUXILIARY SUPPORTS 73 Chapter iv CARVED AND PAINTED DECORATION 83 A. Mouldings and other carved decoration 83 B. Polychromy 85 1. Colouring and finishing of woodwork on the reverse of a painting or on closed wings 86 2. Colour and decoration: development over time 87 3. From the outside to the inside of articulated works: a crescendo of colours and mouldings 90 4. Marblings 91 5. Monochrome paint layers 96 6. Inscriptions 101 Chapter v HINGES. CLOSING, HANGING AND POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND DEVICES 103 A. Hinges 103 B. Closing systems and devices 105 C. Hanging and positioning systems and devices 111 D. Marks 113 Chapter vI LARGE WORKS. curved triptychs. length of the boards, WEIGHT of the wings AND ECONOMICS Of CUTTING CURVED SHAPES 117 A. Ancient measurements 117 B. Large altarpieces 118 C. Maximum dimensions of the boards. Assembly of vertical and horizontal boards 119 D. The influence of the Van Eyck brothers’ Ghent altarpieces 121 E. Curved works 125 Chapter vII DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF FRAMES 129 A. Integral frames 130 B. Applied frames 131 C. Semi-integral frames (partially integral, partially applied) 131 D. Separate frames 132 1. Mortise and tenon joints 132