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<p>[QUOTE="bluejay, post: 8554510, member: 80352"]Ah interesting, thank you both! You’re absolutely right, I had a close look and the areas where it warps outwards are where the canvas has been nailed, and in between that it’s pretty loose (looks like there were once nails there that have come out).</p><p><br /></p><p>So an older painting, reframed in the 70s perhaps? Maybe I should try taking it out the frame and see if there’s anything underneath, is there risk of damaging it by removing the frame though? I’ve not done this before! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluejay, post: 8554510, member: 80352"]Ah interesting, thank you both! You’re absolutely right, I had a close look and the areas where it warps outwards are where the canvas has been nailed, and in between that it’s pretty loose (looks like there were once nails there that have come out). So an older painting, reframed in the 70s perhaps? Maybe I should try taking it out the frame and see if there’s anything underneath, is there risk of damaging it by removing the frame though? I’ve not done this before! :confused:[/QUOTE]
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