单词 | picture framer |
释义 | > as lemmaspicture framer 3. A person who makes frames (for paintings, photographs, etc.); a person who puts something in a frame. Frequently as the second element in compounds, esp. in picture framer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > picture-frame > one who frames pictures framer1854 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiv. 112 Nor did they omit to visit the..Watchmakers, Looking-glasse-framers, Printers, Organists, and other such kinde of Artificers. 1788 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 1 Sept. (1997) I. 714 P[ai]d. Petit..for picture framer..for Patsy for manteaumaker. 1823 in Niles' Weekly Reg. 10 Jan. 300/1 The frame presented by Parker & Clover, picture framers, New York, A.D. 1823. 1854 Illustr. Mag. Art 3 55 In the seventeenth century the Dutch framers affected different kinds of decorations, according to the importance of the painting. 1903 W. B. Yeats Let. 16 Nov. (1994) III. 468 My fathers portrait of me..seems to have been rubbed over with some kind of wax by the framer. 1933 New Yorker 1 Apr. 37/3 I..hurried around to the nearest picture-framer. 1965 C. K. Keck Handbk. on Care of Paintings iv. 83 A framer can replace broken sections, reglue opened joints, but the average frame rarely offers a gentle resting place for its picture. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 149 The next time I was in the neighborhood, a picture framer occupied the space where the restaurant had been. < as lemmas |
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