American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 29
... rustic effects in design . In this sense such use is part of the picturesque tradition . To find river rock and rubble applications , one looks in rural areas . Texture is very much at stake in using these materials , but so is the ...
... rustic effects in design . In this sense such use is part of the picturesque tradition . To find river rock and rubble applications , one looks in rural areas . Texture is very much at stake in using these materials , but so is the ...
Page 144
... rustic treatments or flavored with a particular culture , such as the general Mediterranean - used specially shaped or specially ornamented doors . Some companies ac- tually produced plank doors with or without battens , but many ...
... rustic treatments or flavored with a particular culture , such as the general Mediterranean - used specially shaped or specially ornamented doors . Some companies ac- tually produced plank doors with or without battens , but many ...
Page 168
... rustic appearance . Shutters are protective coverings for windows . They ap- pear more frequently as interior rather than exterior cover- ings on vernacular buildings built between 1870 and 1940 . Shutters are a type of door used to ...
... rustic appearance . Shutters are protective coverings for windows . They ap- pear more frequently as interior rather than exterior cover- ings on vernacular buildings built between 1870 and 1940 . Shutters are a type of door used to ...
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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 courses decorative dentils design elements door DORMER eaves 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 metal millwork moldings motifs muntins organization ornament overall PAIRED PALLADIAN WINDOW PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof porte-cochere portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles side elevations sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone stretchers 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