Which statement accurately describes the painter's scope regarding fabric wall coverings that are sewn and battens-fixed?

• A. Fabric wall coverings that must be sewn, stretched, and fixed to walls with wooden battens are handled by painters.
• B. Fabric wall coverings that must be sewn, stretched, and fixed to walls using wooden battens are excluded from a painter's scope.
• C. Fabric wall coverings of this type require only priming.
• D. No fabric wall coverings are outside the painter's scope.

Answer: (B)

The main idea is that installing sewn fabric wall coverings fixed to battens is not a painting task. Painters prepare surfaces and apply coatings, but fabric installation—sewing, stretching, and fixing the fabric to wooden battens—belongs to another trade (soft furnishings or carpentry). Because of that, this type of fabric wall covering is outside a painter’s scope, which is why the statement describing it as excluded is the best fit. The other options imply painting tasks like priming only or that nothing is outside painters’ scope, which doesn’t align with the boundary between painting and fabric installation.