armatures (structural frames)

  1. Home
  2. top of the aat hierarchies
  3. Objects Facet
  4. Components (hierarchy name)
  5. components (objects parts)
  6. [components by specific context]
  7. architectural elements
  8. [structural elements and components for structural elements]
  9. structural elements
  10. structural systems
  11. structural frames
  12. armatures
Scope note
Metal or wooden bars, rods, or framing used to consolidate and reinforce buildings or other structures. Uses include sustaining slender columns, as the supporting framework for a tent, canopy, or hanging members, and in tracery. For the skeletons or framework that support the plastic material of sculptures during modeling, use "armatures (sculpture components)."
armatures
Accepted term: 10-Mar-2025