<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">saltire stretchers</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31378006</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:41:58</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">arched stretchers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">hooped stretchers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">rising stretchers</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">saltier stretcher</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">saltire stretcher</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">stretchers, arched</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">stretchers, hooped</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">stretchers, rising</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">stretchers, saltire</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Horizontal members connecting and supporting the legs of furniture in an X-form. This form is of Italian origin, often having a scrolled or serpentine figure with a finial in the center. Introduced into England toward the end of the 17th century. ]]></dc:description></metadata>