American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... millwork and conventional lumber fit together , and carpenters and joiners altered components to suit the job at hand . The millwork or woodwork industry provides a good exam- ple of the development of vernacular components . Millwork ...
... millwork and conventional lumber fit together , and carpenters and joiners altered components to suit the job at hand . The millwork or woodwork industry provides a good exam- ple of the development of vernacular components . Millwork ...
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... millwork dealer could assemble any size of window from the bundles of rails and stiles on hand . This innovation lessened the need to order finished work from the mill . Custom work - fancy work , as it was called - was still done on a ...
... millwork dealer could assemble any size of window from the bundles of rails and stiles on hand . This innovation lessened the need to order finished work from the mill . Custom work - fancy work , as it was called - was still done on a ...
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... Millwork Catalog No. 121. Fond Du Lac , Wis .: Moore and Galloway Lumber Co. , 1900 . Modern Dwellings with Constructive Details . Carpentry and Building Series , No. 3. New York : David Williams Co. , 1907 . Modern Homes . New Orleans ...
... Millwork Catalog No. 121. Fond Du Lac , Wis .: Moore and Galloway Lumber Co. , 1900 . Modern Dwellings with Constructive Details . Carpentry and Building Series , No. 3. New York : David Williams Co. , 1907 . Modern Homes . New Orleans ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
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accent arcades arches ASHLAR bay window block boards brackets brick BUILDING TYPES built bungalow CHARACTERISTICS 2 STORIES CLADDING MATERIALS CLAPBOARD CLIPPED GABLE colonial color columns commercial buildings CORBELING corner CORNERBOARDS cornice COTTAGE WINDOW decorative DENTILS design elements door DORMER eaves END-WALL CHIMNEY entablature entrance FACADE FLARED FLAT floor frame FRIEZE front gable roof GABLED COTTAGE GAMBREL HEADER HIP ROOF HIPPED COTTAGE historic horizontal house types included interior light lintels mansard masonry ments millwork moldings motifs muntins organization ornament overall PAIRED PALLADIAN WINDOW PANEL AND GLASS PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof porte-cochere portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone structure stucco style SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION tent roof terra cotta texture tion tower TRANSOM treatments TYPICAL FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood