Pair of Premium Canvas Stretcher Bars (38mm depth)

Price: The price shown is for a pair of stretcher bars, including corner wedges.
For example, to produce one canvas frame sized 14” by 20”, you need to order one pair of 14” stretcher bars and one pair of 20” stretcher bars. Each pair comes with 2 corner wedges.

Hand crafted: These professional hand-crafted, kiln-dried stretcher bars are made to the highest specifications. The finger jointed timber fits together like fine furniture for the tightest possible fit, using traditional mortised corner joints for ease of assembly. 
The timber which is carefully selected to eliminate knots and ensure a perfect match with each and every bar.  These bars are "dead straight" and not subject to warping and will lie 100% flat against the wall. Special attention is also given to corner joints to guarantee that all of our stretcher bars fit neatly together and lie flat against the wall.

Highest Quality: Our stretcher bars are manufactured in the UK to the highest specification and subject to careful quality control throughout production.

Dimensions:  Each bar is 38mm deep and 35mm wide - see image for cross profile

Available Sizes:  Available in 1 inch increments, ranging in lengths from 8 inches (203mm) up to 71 inches (1803mm). All the sizes are interchangeable, so you could make a 6” x 60” or 40” x 30” or any size combination your wish.

If you require stretcher bars longer than 71 inches (1803mm), please use our thickest Gallery stretcher bars for maximum strength / stability.

Made to Measure: Made to measure stretcher bars can be produced to nearest mm, up to a maximum size of 1803mm.  For pricing, use nearest inch equivalent (round upwards). For example, to order a stretcher bar sized 1500mm, type '1500mm' in the box, and for the price select '60" (1524mm)' from the drop down list (this being the nearest inch equivalent rounding upwards).

Easy to assemble:  The stretcher bars easily slot together by hand. No special tools are needed to assemble the slotted stretcher bars. A soft faced hammer mallet helps to tap the corners together. Note there is no need to glue or screw the stretcher bars, they just slot together to make the external frame, then stretch your canvas over the frame, and tap in your corner wedges (supplied)

Corner Wedges:  Stretched canvases can lose tension over time, for example due to changes in room temperature. The slotted corner joints allow you tap in the corner wedges (supplied with each pair of stretcher bars), into the corners of the frame, opening it up very slightly and re-tensioning the canvas again (so it is tight like a drum).

Cross Brace Bars: Cross bars are available for our stretcher bars, available in lengths from 8” to 71”. Please see here for full details

Volume Discounts: We offer the following volume discounts for larger orders of stretcher bars:12.5% over £500 (inc VAT): 15% over £1000 (inc VAT).
These discounts can apply to a mixture of different stretcher bar sizes (i.e they don't have to be all the same size stretcher bars). 
Please note volume discounts are not automatically set-up when ordering directly on our website. To receive these discounts, place your order on our website using the Purchase Order option, and one of our team will contact you with a discounted quote - for payment by card over the phone or via BACS transfer.

Returns policy: All stretcher bars and cross braces are made to order, so we can NOT offer any exchanges or refunds (where goods have been supplied and made correctly).

Lead time: It takes about 5-7 working days for your stretcher bars to be ready.

Delivery:  Stretcher bars are packaged up and sent out for UK Mainland delivery by a courier. The delivery price varies by length of bars:

• For stretcher bars less than 1.5m long, please select the "Large Parcel UK Mainland" delivery option
• For stretcher bars longer than 1.5m, please select the "Extra Large Parcel (>1.5m) UK Mainland" delivery option

Please note that as the stretcher bars are manufactured off-site, we do NOT offer free collection of stretcher bars from our London shop in Bethnal Green.