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You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
Door casing, door frame, or chambranle – formed by the lintel and the two jambs. Sill (for exterior doors) – A horizontal sill plate below the door that supports the door frame. Similar to a window sill but for a door; Threshold (for exterior doors) – A horizontal plate below the door that bridges the crack between the interior floor and ...
The stiles and rails often have a profile cut into the inside edge of the outside face - usually a smaller version to match the profile of the panel. In some panel styles, a profile may also be cut on the outside edge of the outside face. [2] In modern cabinetry, the cope and stick joinery is achieved with a set of special router cutters.
Panel front door centered, topped with rectangular windows (in door or as a transom) and capped with an elaborate crown/entablature supported by decorative pilasters; Cornice embellished with decorative moldings, usually dentilwork; Multi-pane windows and fenestrations arranged symmetrically (whether vertical or horizontal)
Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield, Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89. A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front. The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops (pineapple, strawberry or acorn shape) below the overhang.
Central-passage house evolved primarily in colonial Maryland and Virginia from the hall and parlor house, beginning to appear in greater numbers by about 1700. [1] [2] It partially developed as greater economic security and developing social conventions transformed the reality of the American landscape, but it was also heavily influenced by its formal architectural relatives, the Palladian and ...
It can leave an inset panel free to expand or contract with temperature and humidity. Cable moulding or ropework: Convex moulding carved in imitation of a twisted rope or cord, and used for decorative mouldings of the Romanesque style in England, France and Spain and adapted for 18th-century silver and furniture design (Thomas Sheraton) [4] [5]