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Backboards (furniture components)

Scope note

The board or boards that make up the back of a piece of case furniture and sometimes extend above the top. KETCH

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300040418

Broader Terms used

<furniture components>

Narrower Terms used

splashboards

Equivalent Terms used

backboard (furniture component)

Created

12yrs ago

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