Passepartout ( fr. Passe partout ) - a piece of cardboard or paper with a quadrangular, oval or round hole cut out in its middle under the frame into which a photograph , drawing or engraving is inserted. This allows you to freely select the size of the frame to fit the image. In addition, explanatory signatures and an autograph of the image are often placed on the mat.
Also a passe-partout is a print printed from deeply engraved on copper or from a woodcut board with a prefix to it for another of the same board, which can be changed to other ones.
Passe-partout is also called the frames customary in the 18th century, engraved with a needle or etching , which, remaining the same, surround various images, engraved separately from them, on special boards.
In book printing, passe-partout is the polytype ornamentation of curly letters in a book, when when printing several such letters, the same board is used for the ornament, and only the letters themselves change.
In modern design there are many types of passe-partout, which differ in the type of base, color and composition. Pictures and other artwork are drawn up in a museum mat, which consists of natural cotton fibers without chemical impurities. This cardboard is not subject to oxidation, so that the artwork remains intact for a long time.
Appointment to the board
Having a rich palette of colors and shades, the mat is a tool to achieve color balance between the image and the frame; as well as the wall where the picture is located. Also, it includes protective functions - in case of temperature differences and violation of the light regime -.
Passe-partout gives the necessary “air” to the painting and helps to solve decorative tasks during decoration. When designing, designers can impose a double and a triple mat, as well as create the desired effect using graphic cutting of the mat.
See also
- Jean Passepartout - a servant, one of the main characters of the novel " Around the World in 80 Days " and its adaptations
Literature
- Passepartout // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.