Canvas

Scope note

Use for closely woven textile made in various weights, usually of flax, hemp, jute, or cotton, used especially for sails, tarpaulins, awnings, upholstery, and as a support for oil painting. Also used for a latticelike mesh made of similar material, used as a needlepoint foundation.

This term has 990 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material

Getty AAT term number

300014078

Broader Terms used

<textile materials by process or technique>

Narrower Terms used

sailcloth
burlap

Term used for

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Painting

A marine sham-fight on the Y before Amsterdam

Maker(s)

Painter: Storck, Abraham

An image of Painting

The Christ Child Asleep on a Cross

Maker(s)

An image of Painting

Spaniel and dead game in a landscape

Maker(s)

Painter: Gryef, Adriaen de

An image of PD.40-2006_201104_adn21_dc1.jpg

Katie

Maker(s)

Sickert, Bernard

An image of Painting

Portrait of James Haughton Langston

Maker(s)

Painter: Ramsay, Allan I

An image of Painting

Landscape with figures and cattle

Maker(s)

Painter: Lint, Hendrik Frans van (Il Studio)

An image of Painting

Interior of a gothic church

Maker(s)

Painter: Neefs, Pieter the elder

An image of Painting

Vase of flowers

Maker(s)

Painter: Fromantiou, Hendrik de

An image of Painting

Mistra

Maker(s)

Painter: Linton, William

An image of Painting

Exotic fowl in an ornamental garden beside a stone vase, a fountain beyond

Maker(s)

Painter: Bogdany, Jakob

An image of Painting

The Rt Hon. Sir Clifford Allbutt

Maker(s)

Painter: Orpen, William Newenham Montague

An image of Painting

Henry, Lord Herbert, Later 10th Earl of Pembroke

Maker(s)

Painter: Richardson, Jonathan (Follower of)

An image of Painting

William Beard

Maker(s)

Painter: Tovey, Samuel Griffiths

An image of Painting

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Creti, Donato

An image of Painting

Roman buildings

Maker(s)

Painter: Bloemen, Jan Frans van (Orizonte)

Still-life with pomegranates and pears

Maker(s)

Painter: Smith, Matthew Arnold Bracy

Random

Maker(s)

Painter: Cohen, Harold

Pastorale

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Richards, Ceri Geraldus

Abstract painting

Maker(s)

Discrimination

Maker(s)

Painter: Evans, Merlyn Oliver

Parachutist

Maker(s)

Painter: Jones, Allen

Fundamenta del Eremite

Maker(s)

Garsoïan, Inna S. Kayaloff

Lozenge Painting

Maker(s)

Ponte del Eremite

Maker(s)

Garsoïan, Inna S. Kayaloff

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