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They add color and texture , and they help determine whether the roof itself plays
a minor or major role in a design . The texture of roofing materials acts as visual
point or counterpoint to the cladding . Roofing texture also casts an overall ...
They add color and texture , and they help determine whether the roof itself plays
a minor or major role in a design . The texture of roofing materials acts as visual
point or counterpoint to the cladding . Roofing texture also casts an overall ...
Page 170
Sticks are usually an inch thick and from two to six inches wide ; most are painted
a dark color and nailed over a stucco surface . Polychromy refers to the uses of
several colors , either applied to the surfaces or more frequently found inherently
...
Sticks are usually an inch thick and from two to six inches wide ; most are painted
a dark color and nailed over a stucco surface . Polychromy refers to the uses of
several colors , either applied to the surfaces or more frequently found inherently
...
Page 171
The stucco work under the boards is also part of the de . sign ; the stucco may
have a special color , and the finish of the top coat - rough or smooth , with or
without trowel marks - also contributes to the design , In polychromy the entire
building ...
The stucco work under the boards is also part of the de . sign ; the stucco may
have a special color , and the finish of the top coat - rough or smooth , with or
without trowel marks - also contributes to the design , In polychromy the entire
building ...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442230672, 9780442230678 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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