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2. Frame and panel - Wikipedia

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   Frame and panel construction, also called rail and stile, is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes. The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' panel within a sturdy frame, as opposed to techniques used in making a slab solid wood cabinet door or ...

3. Door - Wikipedia

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   A door is a hinged or otherwise movable barrier that allows ingress (entry) into and egress (exit) from an enclosure. The created opening in the wall is a doorway or portal. A door's essential and primary purpose is to provide security by controlling access to the doorway (portal). Conventionally, it is a panel that fits into the doorway of a ...

4. Indigenous architecture - Wikipedia

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   The traditional or vernacular architecture of Indigenous Australians, including Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, varied to meet the lifestyle, social organisation, family size, cultural and climatic needs and resources available to each community. [ 1 ] Walter Roth: Studies of Aboriginal ethnoarchitectural forms, Queensland ...

5. Cast-iron architecture - Wikipedia

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   The Boat Shed (Number 78) at Sheerness Naval Dockyards, built 1856–60, is constructed entirely of a cast and wrought iron members, braced as portal frames, with extensive window and timber infill panels forming the external walls. Though not entirely of cast iron, it is the earliest large metal framed building still standing, and a pioneer in ...

6. Panelling - Wikipedia

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   Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. [1] These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity to make rooms in stone buildings more comfortable both by insulating the room from the stone and ...

7. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   Victorian decorative arts. Dante Gabriel Rossetti 's drawing room at No. 16 Cheyne Walk, 1882, by Henry Treffry Dunn. Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament. The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and ...