need some help from oil painters please!

[jann1033]

a couple yrs ago my daughter brought us a oil painting back from France...it's unstretched canvas, 7 1/2 by 9 inches... i assume before i frame it i should stretch on a wood frame like a normal canvas would be but
i can't find ready made stretchers in that size...i did find an online frame shop that i can get the frame but do i have any options other than putting the painted canvas on a stretcher or should i mount it some other way before i frame it or know where i could get the odd sized stretchers?...thanks for your help..she keeps asking why i haven't gotten it done yet so i have to do it sometime soom.:)

[Imzadi]

Is the canvas that size or is the actual picture that size? remember, once you stretch it around the frame & staple it, you will loose about an inch around. it sounds like you really have a 6x8 picture.

If you go to a real art supply store vs. a craft store, they sell the wood bars separately in incremental inches, so you can piece the right size together yourself.

[jann1033]

Is the canvas that size or is the actual picture that size? remember, once you stretch it around the frame & staple it, you will loose about an inch around. it sounds like you really have a 6x8 picture.

If you go to a real art supply store vs. a craft store, they sell the wood bars separately in incremental inches, so you can piece the right size together yourself.

the actual picture size is what i quoted, there is more canvas on the sides so i can staple it there...i'll send husband with it to an art store near where he works and see what they can do for it..
thanks

[Imzadi]

My art store here in NYC carries them. You can mail order for them if you need to. Scroll all the way down for the 8" and 9" stretcher bars.

http://www.pearlpaint.com/shop~ocID~9999~parentID~9991~categoryID~9868~layou tIndicator~vertical.htm