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A horse's tail. Horsehair is the long hair growing on the manes and tails of horses.It is used for various purposes, including upholstery, brushes, the bows of musical instruments, a hard-wearing fabric called haircloth, and for horsehair plaster, a wallcovering material formerly used in the construction industry and now found only in older buildings.
Detail of construction technique, Cousin House. Photo shows original construction, c. 1787–1789. The bricks were made on site. The cypress beams are also believed to have come from the site. The mortar is clay. The plaster, shown over parts of the mortar, consists of human and horse hair, Spanish moss, and other materials.
Good hair should be long (In the UK cow and horse hair of short and long lengths is used), and left greasey (lanolin grease) because this protects against some degradation when introduced into the very high alkaline plaster. [1] Before use it must be well beaten, or teased, to separate the lumps.
Lath seen from the back with white plaster coat oozing through. Lath and plaster is a building process used to finish mainly interior dividing walls and ceilings. It consists of narrow strips of wood which are nailed horizontally across the wall studs or ceiling joists and then coated in plaster.
This 10-bed, nine-bath, 8,400-square-foot, Gothic Revival-style home in St. Matthews was built in 1853. Take a peek inside the Inn at Woodhaven.
The young horse can become enthralled by something as simple as blowing air or a pile of dirt (his favorite to roll around in), which keeps Molly Jo on her toes. Clearly, there's never a dull day ...
Lime plaster is a type of plaster composed of sand, water, and lime, usually non-hydraulic hydrated lime (also known as slaked lime, high calcium lime or air lime). Ancient lime plaster often contained horse hair for reinforcement and pozzolan additives to reduce the working time.
The new owner, Sarah Winner, spent two years restoring the property. She had all of the original furnishings and paintings restored. Craftsmen also painstakingly restored the horse-hair plaster walls, ceilings, heart-of-pine floors, and moldings. Her efforts won the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's Outstanding Restoration Award.