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E 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 ...
E 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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CLADDING MATERIALS : WOOD SIDING STANDARD CLAPBOARD SIDING IS
COMPOSED OF long , relatively thin boards that vary in width and have a thick
lower edge and a feathered upper edge . The shape of the boards permits them
to ...
CLADDING MATERIALS : WOOD SIDING STANDARD CLAPBOARD SIDING IS
COMPOSED OF long , relatively thin boards that vary in width and have a thick
lower edge and a feathered upper edge . The shape of the boards permits them
to ...
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CLADDING MATERIALS : METAL AND GLASS PORCELAIN ENAMELED
PANELS THAT ADHERE TO metal by fusion became a commercial cladding in
the 1920s . Used originally as a paneling for interiors , they became an exterior
material ...
CLADDING MATERIALS : METAL AND GLASS PORCELAIN ENAMELED
PANELS THAT ADHERE TO metal by fusion became a commercial cladding in
the 1920s . Used originally as a paneling for interiors , they became an exterior
material ...
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| 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 | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442227396, 9780442227395 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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