American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. GABLES : STICKWORK MOTIFS STICKWORK IS ORNAMENTAL WORK DERIVED FROM the precise placement of individual pieces or groups of pieces of millwork . Stickwork has been made in various ...
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. GABLES : STICKWORK MOTIFS STICKWORK IS ORNAMENTAL WORK DERIVED FROM the precise placement of individual pieces or groups of pieces of millwork . Stickwork has been made in various ...
Page 77
... Stickwork occurs on the plain gable within either a closed form- one with a cornice serving as a base for the ... stickwork treatments the lin- ear quality of the sticks is exploit- ed ; to emphasize this , sticks are often painted or ...
... Stickwork occurs on the plain gable within either a closed form- one with a cornice serving as a base for the ... stickwork treatments the lin- ear quality of the sticks is exploit- ed ; to emphasize this , sticks are often painted or ...
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... STICKWORK- Stickwork is arranged in pat- terns that tend to divide a wall into panels . Half - timber stick work is always nailed in pattern ; herring- bone and a general rectangular pattern occur a great deal . While gable ends are ...
... STICKWORK- Stickwork is arranged in pat- terns that tend to divide a wall into panels . Half - timber stick work is always nailed in pattern ; herring- bone and a general rectangular pattern occur a great deal . While gable ends are ...
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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 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 PANEL AND GLASS 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 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