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WINDOWS : FENESTRATION IN BUILDING DESIGN , FENESTRATION REFERS
TO the arrangement of windows and other openings , especially the patterns that
such an arrangement defines . Generally fenestration has come to refer to ...
WINDOWS : FENESTRATION IN BUILDING DESIGN , FENESTRATION REFERS
TO the arrangement of windows and other openings , especially the patterns that
such an arrangement defines . Generally fenestration has come to refer to ...
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Stick work is arranged in patterns that tend to divide a wall into panels . Half -
timber stickwork is always nailed in pattern ; herringbone and a general
rectangular pattern occur a great deal . While gable ends are most susceptible to
this kind of ...
Stick work is arranged in patterns that tend to divide a wall into panels . Half -
timber stickwork is always nailed in pattern ; herringbone and a general
rectangular pattern occur a great deal . While gable ends are most susceptible to
this kind of ...
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. ORNAMENT : MOTIFS
HERRINGBONE IS A PATTERN IN WHICH BRICK , IN alternate courses , is laid
obliquely in opposite directions , forming a design similar to the spine of a herring
.
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. ORNAMENT : MOTIFS
HERRINGBONE IS A PATTERN IN WHICH BRICK , IN alternate courses , is laid
obliquely in opposite directions , forming a design similar to the spine of a herring
.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary And History |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 7 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 0442227396, 9780442227395 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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