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Term: Mat
Subcategory: Product
Definition: A type of cardboard often used to showcase pieces of artwork.  A window cut is removed from its center and it is placed over the piece of artwork.  It is then attached to a backboard, such as foam board, to sandwich the artwork and protect it.

Referring Terms
chromatic color identity dye neutral stain faux painting wrapped acid-free paper background fabric binding binding, continuous bias binding, French or double bleeding buttonhole-stitch applique cutting line darning presser foot easing embroidery folded-star patchwork foundation fabric fusible webbing grain grain line grid method for triangle-squares hanging sleeve homespun invisible machine applique lattice strips lengthwise grain (warp threads) matching point one-way design pieced border sashing, pieced pin-basting pin-matching placement line prairie points presser foot prewashing fabric quick-cutting quick-piecing quilt quilting stencil reverse applique robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul rotary cutter and mat ruching ruffled edging seam selvage seminole patchwork soap slivers/soapstone pencils spiral binding squaring-off end of fabric stained-glass applique straight of grain strip or string patchwork strip-piecing template two-way fabric designs walking foot/even-feed warp weft whole-cloth quilt zigzag stitch compost fertilizer hardiness zone hummus mulch organic matter depth of fusion gas tungsten-arc welding heat sink magnaflux normalizing pickling welder acoustical materials adhesive aggregate bid brick molding degree day dimensional stability drip cap drywall fiber board flashing gusset Hardboard insulation jig lath masonry modular coordination phase-change materials preservative (carpentry) resilient roll roofing roofing r value scaffold sheathing paper specification trim truss vapor barrier vermiculite wallboard warp weatherstrip Acetate Animation Art Cel Animation Art Drawing Animation Background Drawing Animation Cel Setup Clean Up Drawing Color Model Cel Custom Background Hand-Prepared Background Key Master Setup Layout Drawing Limited Edition Hand Painted Cel Master Set-up Nitrate Cel One of One Pan Cel Pencil Model Sheet Production Cel Production Background Production Drawing Publicity (Promotional) Serigraphy Storyboard Drawing Studio Background 12-Field Cel 16-Field Cel back drape back yoke Absorbent Ground Archival ASTM Collage Drier Film Gesso Grissaille Latex Levigating Monomer Mosaic Plein Air Preservative (paint) Primer Resins Sketch Silicate Sfumato Squaring Up Thixotropic Coir Jute Tufted Dead Flat Oil Limewash Silk Emulsion Flock Run Number Canvas (textiles) Fibre Mix Organzas Tweed Bird's Eye Bauhaus Cubism Fauvism Impressionism Indian River School Medieval Art Minimalism Modernism Pop Art Bounce Card Conformations Realism Rococo Depth of Field Diffusion Follow Focus Frame Handles Gauge Intervalometer Matte Box Matte Shot Polyester Base Reflective Light Reading Reflector Board / Reflector Card Scratch Track Single Reel Soft Light Split Screen Splice Spun Super 16 T-Stop Romanticism Surrealism Linear Perspective Documentation of Sales Gallery Display Website Display Fair Agent Agreement Matted Size Anime Anime Dating Sim Eye Catch Graphic Novel / GN Omake Ronin Seinen Special Edition Superdeformed / SD Digital Camera Scanback File Formats Lightfastness Pigment Ink Resolution RIP Cuneiform Papyrus Parchment Vellum Amorphous Aluminum Silicate Alkaline Earths Ball Mill Beading Glaze / Beaded Glaze Black Body Radiation Blistering Acid Dyes Algorithm Banding Background Content Station Point Surface Camera-ready Copy Cutlines Export Flash GIF JPEG Low Resolution Image Masthead Pantone Matching System Pantone Matching System (PMS) Sidebar Standing Elements Subscript TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) Vector Graphic Word Wrap Abstract / Abstraction Automatic Writing Conception / Execution Boro look

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