Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in the humanities]
7. [people in the arts and related occupations]
8. [people in the arts]
9. [people in the visual arts and related occupations]
10. [people in the visual arts]
11. artists (visual artists)
12. [artists by medium or work type]
13. painters (artists)
14. [painters by technique, implement, or material employed]

Anotations

Scope note:

Artists or craftsmen who paint directly on fabric with the goal of decorating drapery, banners, or another textile. The term does not refer to artists who create oil paintings or paintings in another media on canvas or another fabric, where the goal is to create a scene or other work of art that will be displayed in a frame or hung on a wall.