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ALTHOUGH SHINGLES WERE ORIGINALLY ASSOciated with roofing and
cladding for some types of folk housing , the vernacular tradition has incorporated
them as cladding and ornamentation . As cladding , a shingle is a wedge -
shaped ...
ALTHOUGH SHINGLES WERE ORIGINALLY ASSOciated with roofing and
cladding for some types of folk housing , the vernacular tradition has incorporated
them as cladding and ornamentation . As cladding , a shingle is a wedge -
shaped ...
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GLADDING MATERIALS : SHINGLES CLADDING MATERIALS : WOOD SIDING
STANDARD CLAPBOARD SIDING IS COMPOSED. Most cladding materials
contribute pattern to design . In the case of manufactured shingles , pattern may
be ...
GLADDING MATERIALS : SHINGLES CLADDING MATERIALS : WOOD SIDING
STANDARD CLAPBOARD SIDING IS COMPOSED. Most cladding materials
contribute pattern to design . In the case of manufactured shingles , pattern may
be ...
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Polychromy in roofing materials involves the use of multicolored shingles in some
kind of composition , laid in courses to emphasize their color differences . Often
the coursing and the placement of color outline a pattern . Ridgerolls are special
...
Polychromy in roofing materials involves the use of multicolored shingles in some
kind of composition , laid in courses to emphasize their color differences . Often
the coursing and the placement of color outline a pattern . Ridgerolls are special
...
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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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