Display apparatus and method for manufacturing display apparatus

A method for manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising:

• forming a display panel by forming a plurality of display elements on a substrate;
• preparing a support comprising a surface on which the display panel is to be placed;
• preparing a holding member comprising a front surface portion being plate shaped, a frame portion, and a back surface portion being plate shaped and being connected to the front surface portion via the frame portion so as to be spaced from and face a first surface of the front surface portion, wherein the frame portion comprises a rod-shaped member provided in such a manner as to be protruded from the first surface of the front surface portion and to be along an edge of the front surface portion, the first surface being a surface other than a side surface of the front surface portion;
• adhering the holding member onto the surface of the support;
• engaging an inner wall of the frame portion with an edge of the display panel such that a display surface of the display panel is covered by the front surface portion;
• and
• placing the display panel on the surface of the support while directing an opposite surface of the display surface to the support, wherein
• in preparing the holding member,
• the front surface portion is integrally formed with the frame portion using a light-transmitting material, the front surface portion comprising a part to cover an image displayed on the display panel,
• a first functional layer having a given function related to propagation of light is formed directly on the first surface or a second surface of the front surface portion, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and
• a third functional layer having a given function related to propagation of light is provided on a third surface of the back surface portion facing the first surface of the front surface portion or on a surface of the back surface portion opposite the third surface;
• in adhering the holding member onto the surface of the support, the holding member is adhered while directing the back surface portion to the support.