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

Riposte

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rigden, Geoff

Mother with a baby and nursemaid

Maker(s)

Walker, Frederick

An image of Painting

Watering horses

Maker(s)

Painter: Morland, George

An image of Painting

Children playing, Ludlow Walks

Maker(s)

Painter: Steer, Philip Wilson

An image of Painting

Portrait of his daughter, Lisbeth

Maker(s)

Painter: Carrière, Eugène

An image of Painting

A dish of fruit

Maker(s)

Painter: Huysum, Michiel van

An image of Painting

A vase of flowers

Maker(s)

Painter: Verendael, Nicolaes van

An image of Painting

Glass vase of flowers

Maker(s)

Painter: Denies, Isaac (Attributed to)

Bolted Fence

Maker(s)

Painter: Clough, Prunella

An image of Painting

A vase of flowers

Maker(s)

Painter: Weyerman, Jacob Campo

Painting 20/7/74, No.3/3

Maker(s)

Painter: Scully, Sean

An image of Painting

The Angel Proclaiming the End of Time

Maker(s)

Painter: Tucker, James Justus

Fryday

Maker(s)

Painter: Lin, Richard (Shaw Yu)

An image of Painting

A wooded landscape with cottages

Maker(s)

Painter: Hobbema, Meindert

An image of Painting

Still life with flowers

Maker(s)

Painter: Marseus van Schrieck, Otto

An image of Painting

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae

Maker(s)

Painter: Lear, Edward

An image of Painting

Classical landscape

Maker(s)

Painter: Wootton, John

Dorset Downs

Maker(s)

Painter: Spencer, Gilbert

An image of Painting

A Grey Arab

Maker(s)

Painter: Marshall, Ben

An image of Painting

Farmyard at Soberton, Surrey

Maker(s)

Painter: Holmes, Charles John

An image of Painting

Vase of flowers

Maker(s)

Painter: Belin, Jean Baptiste I (Blin de Fontenay)

An image of Painting

Portrait of George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, 1759-1827

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Greuze, Jean Baptiste

An image of Painting

The Veneration of St. Lambert

Maker(s)

Painter: Miel, Jan

An image of Painting

La liseuse au coussin

Maker(s)

Painter: Vuillard, Edouard

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