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A 'wainscot' was therefore a board of riven (and later quarter-sawn) oak, and wainscoting was the panelling made from it. During the 18th century, oak wainscot was almost entirely superseded for panelling in Europe by softwoods (mainly Scots pine and Norway spruce ), but the name stuck:
Wainscot is a panelling, often wooden, applied to an interior wall of a building. Wainscot may also refer to: Moths. Family Crambidae
Dado meaning the middle section or main body of a pedestal. The name was first used in English as an architectural term for the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice. As with many other architectural terms, the word is Italian in origin.
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A baseboard differs from a wainscot; a wainscot typically covers from the floor to around 1-1.5 metres (3' to 5') high (waist or chest height), whereas a baseboard is typically under 0.2 metres (8") high (ankle height). Plastic baseboard comes in various plastic compounds, the most common of which is UPVC.
The lower parts of the walls of the 16th century dining hall of St John's College, Cambridge are covered with wood panelling in a linenfold design. An English oak chest with complex linenfold panels.
Parts of a five-piece frame and panel door. Frame and panel construction, also called rail and stile, is a woodworking technique often used in the making of coffered doors, ceilings, wainscoting, and decorative panels for cabinets, furniture, and home interiors.
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