<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">saltire stretchers</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>cross stretchers</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>arched stretchers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hooped stretchers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>rising stretchers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>saltier stretcher</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>saltire stretcher</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stretchers, arched</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stretchers, hooped</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stretchers, rising</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stretchers, saltire</topic></variant> <note 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. ]]></note></mads>