La Vergne 5.7.25 – Wednesday (9 AM) Closed (#239119055)

This 13x29 is part of our ROOT-5 RECTANGLE series. Carmel Portrait Smooth is our 7 oz. raw 10.3 oz. finished cotton canvas sized and double primed with archival quality acrylic gesso producing a ground impervious to paints leaching through and harming the fabric. Suitable for most all paint types like oils acrylics and alkyds. Carmel undergoes an extra process making the texture super smooth ideal for portrait and detail work. There is a 516 gap between the canvas and frame eliminating the unwanted lines that occur when the gap is less. We never use finger joints in our wood frames which often fail under tension and over time - the glue joints give up and are unsuitable for paintings intended to last for centuries. Patented keyable brace allows the canvas frame to be tensioned in the middle where its needed the most! The Stretcher Bars are slotted in the center to accept the brace. Due to our unique design the brace may be removed if desired. Both corner keys and brac