[1] In construction work, frames may be built from wood or metal and provide support and shape to a structure.
In a related sense, framers may create frames for art works, pictures, or mirrors.
The first carved wooden frames as we know them today appeared on small panel paintings in twelfth and thirteenth century Europe.
The area to be painted was carved out, leaving a raised framing border around the outside edge, like a tray.
[4] A framer can be the creator, inventor or author of a formal text such as a law or constitution.