Wrapped Canvas — no outer frame, no glass

Wrapped canvas has no outer frame and no glass, and that is the design rather than an omission. The print is stretched over a solid pine bar and the image carries round the edge, so all four sides are finished and the piece stands 25 mm off the wall on its own.

Depth: 25 mm
Edge: Image continues round
Frame: None
Glass: None

Wrapped canvas seen at three quarters — no frame, a 25 mm body, and the image continuing round the returned edge — Seen from an angle: no frame, a 25 mm body, and the picture turning the corner.

Nothing is cropped away

The band that turns the edge is mirrored from the picture, not cut from it. The whole composition stays on the front face — none of it is lost around the sides, which is the usual complaint with a wrapped print done cheaply.

Close view of the returned edge of a wrapped canvas, the printed border continuing round the side

The edge in close-up. The design carries on round the side rather than stopping at a white band or a cut line.

Back of a wrapped canvas: pine stretcher bar, folded corners and staples behind the frame

Corners are folded rather than cut, and the canvas is stapled behind the bar. The back is finished, not left raw.

Sawtooth hanger already screwed to the kiln-dried pine stretcher bar

A sawtooth hanger is already screwed to the top bar. Out of the box and onto one screw.

When to choose it

Wrapped suits a room where a frame would be one object too many — a gallery wall of several pieces, a minimal or japandi interior, or a wall that already has strong architecture. It is also the lightest of the three, which matters on plasterboard.

If you would rather have a frame, see the floater frame with its 8 mm gap, or the classic frame which laps the edge. Sizing is covered in the size & scale guide.