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Although I prefer to use the thinnest stretcher bar reasonable for a given size so that I can leave my framing options open, I find it really doesn't make a bit of difference if the painting is deeper than the frame (up to !/2 or so). Otherwise I have also been known to literally re-stretch a finished painting on thinner stretchers, if I felt the construction of the painting needed to be on the heaviest duty stretchers, but the frame selected is too delicate to handle the deep stretchers.
Limit how much you sacrifice your frame choices by something as technically drab (from a client's perspective) as to how thick the stretchers are. You'll have to live with this experience at the back end of a project anyway when doing a commission, so get to know your options so that you can make the conclusion of a project an enjoyable one for both you and the client.
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