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2. Astragal - Wikipedia

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   Astragal architectural element as part of a Doric order column Diagram of an astragalus profile as part of an Ionic order column. An astragal is a moulding profile composed of a half-round surface surrounded by two flat planes . [clarification needed] An astragal is sometimes referred to as a miniature torus.

3. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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   Carpentry is one of the traditional trades but is not always clearly distinguished from the work of the joiner and cabinetmaker, in general, a carpenter historically did the heavier, rougher work of framing a building including installing the sheathing and sub-flooring and installing pre-made doors and windows. Joiners did the finer work of ...

4. Central-passage house - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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   Josiah Dennis House, Dennis, Massachusetts, built 1735, Georgian colonial Hope Lodge, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, built 1750, Georgian colonial. Georgian buildings, popular during the reigns of King George II and King George III were ideally built in brick, with wood trim, wooden columns and painted white. In what would become the United ...

6. Molding (decorative) - Wikipedia

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   Casing: Finish trim around the sides of a door or window opening covering the gap between finished wall and the jam or frame it is attached to. Cartouche (in French) escutcheon : Framed panel in the form of a scroll with an inscribed centre, or surrounded by compound mouldings decorated with floral motifs

7. Jamb - Wikipedia

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   Small shafts to doors and windows with caps and bases are called jamb-shafts; when in the inside arris of the jamb of a window, they are sometimes called scoinsons. [ 2 ] A doorjamb , door jamb , or sometimes doorpost is the vertical portion of the door frame onto which a door is secured. [ 3 ]

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9. Reveal (carpentry) - Wikipedia

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   Reveal: Door frame example. In carpentry, a reveal is a feature resembling a rabbet, but constructed of separate pieces of wood.A reveal may typically be seen at the edge of a door or window, where the face molding is set back, often by a distance from 3/16" (5 mm) to 1/2" (12 mm).