Marouflage

Marouflage is a technique for affixing a painted canvas (intended as a mural) to a wall, using an adhesive that hardens as it dries, such as plaster or cement.

A French word originally referring to sticky, partly hardened scraps of paint, marouflage is a 3,000-year-old technique.

Historically, artists used several types of adhesives including a rabbit-skin glue.

Twenty-first century conservators seldom need to resort to this technique.

[citation needed] Intended murals are normally painted on large canvas in the studio and attached to the wall on site, using a starch based glue (applied to the wall only), the murals can then be moved (by a professional) and re-instated elsewhere if required.