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Stretchers (framing and mounting equipment)

Scope note

Devices or appliances for expanding a material making it taut, removing wrinkles, or the like; used especially with reference to frames upon which canvas or other textile is stretched for painting, having mitered corners that can be forced apart by wedges or some other device to firmly stretch the fabric. For frames that support canvas or other textile and do not have expandable corners, use "strainers (framing and mounting equipment)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022630

Created

13yrs ago

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