Conservation Framing
Each double mat may vary
from print to print according to which frame you choose. If you
would like to
have a particular color of mat just call 1-302-875-2258 to place
your order. The best matching color is used for
each individual print and is not always the color shown here.
Each
print is framed using Conservation Acid Free & Lignin Free,
Alkaline pH buffered mat board & backing.
We use non glare glass, You may call us to request regular glass if you like, Other styles of glass are available. In conservation framing, We use
only Museum Quality materials and procedures
that will have no adverse
effects on a piece of artwork and will protect the artwork from
external damage.
Deer, common name for certain hoofed,
artiodactyl mammals, usually characterized by bony, often
branching antlers that are shed and regenerated annually. Deer
range through the Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The
largest populations occur in mixed wooded and open land. The
first deer appeared in the early Oligocene epoch in Asia, about
38 million years ago.
Deer usually have lithe, compact bodies and
long, powerful legs. They are also excellent swimmers. As
ruminants, or cud chewers, they have a four-chambered stomach.
Nearly all deer have a facial gland, in front of each eye, that
contains a strongly scented substance, or pheromone, used to mark
its home range. All deer except the musk deer, which make up the
genus Moschus, have a liver without a gallbladder. The
musk deer, along with the Chinese water deer (Hydropotes
inermis), also differs from other species in that it has no
antlers and its upper canines have developed into tusks.
In most species antlers form only on males.
Solid and bony, they are used to slash territorial markings on
trees or bushes, to make threatening displays, and to combat
other males. Antlers vary in size by species and depending on the
quality and quantity of food. Many deer species group into
families around the female, with the male often becoming
solitary; others live mainly in pairs. Deer forage on vegetation
and feed most actively at twilight. The female gives birth once a
year, usually to one or two fawns. The gestation period lasts
from 160 days to ten months.
Different kinds of deer include the
white-tailed deer, or Virginia deer (Odocoileus virginianus);
mule deer and black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus);
American elk, or wapiti (Cervus elaphus); moose (Alces
alces), known in northern Europe as elk; and reindeer, or
caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Deer are hunted for sport and
for their meat, known as venison.
