Typologia drewnianych krosien malarskich na podstawie kryterium złączy

The object of the article is to present results of the studies on the history of the construction of wooden painters’ stretches and to make a further attempt to systematize their names. The present typology of the stretchers is the result of a critical analysis of the works by R.D. Buck, J. Brackerf, J. Gałaszek and A. Diakowska-Gzarnota. It is based on a methodological typology of stretchers drawn by R.D. Bucik iin 1972, who divided the stretches into 6 types having some features in common, He also distinguished out sub-types. The above scheme has been slightly modified, namely all singled-'out types of joints got divided into tiwo groups, i.e. 1 — rigid and 2 — movable connections. Each drawing illustrating the kind of the connection has been supplemented with a general description of the place and time of its occurrence. The examples have been given iin annotations. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to have such detailed information for all of the illustrations.