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E 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 widths and lengths with planed
and ...
E 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 widths and lengths with planed
and ...
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2 GABLES : OTHER MOTIFS WINDOWS : TYPES OF OPERATION
HISTORICALLY , THE FRAME THAT. CANOE MOTIF Obuolo OTOSOSCAN
OOOOTDEFA SCROLLWORK ScratWORK KINGPOST Openwork is a distinct
category of ...
2 GABLES : OTHER MOTIFS WINDOWS : TYPES OF OPERATION
HISTORICALLY , THE FRAME THAT. CANOE MOTIF Obuolo OTOSOSCAN
OOOOTDEFA SCROLLWORK ScratWORK KINGPOST Openwork is a distinct
category of ...
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ORNAMENT : MOTIFS 2 HERRINGBONE IS A PATTERN IN WHICH BRICK , IN
alternate courses , is laid obliquely in opposite directions , forming a design
similar to the spine of a herring . Checkerwork is any pattern arranged like a ...
ORNAMENT : MOTIFS 2 HERRINGBONE IS A PATTERN IN WHICH BRICK , IN
alternate courses , is laid obliquely in opposite directions , forming a design
similar to the spine of a herring . Checkerwork is any pattern arranged like a ...
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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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