A treatise on architecture and building construction . eenthe chair rail and the skirting is called the (/ado, or may be paneled in wood, covered with narrow lining, orsimply left plain in plaster. 3*7. In a paneled wainscot, such as is shown in Fig. 15,great care is necessary in fitting all the joints, and due con-sideration must be given to the subject of shrinkage, so thatthe subsequent drying out of the material will nut cause §10 JOINERY. 17 tinsij^htly cracks or open joints. The vertical pieces a, andthe horizontal members b, b\ and //, dividing the surface of thewainscot in
A treatise on architecture and building construction . eenthe chair rail and the skirting is called the (/ado, or may be paneled in wood, covered with narrow lining, orsimply left plain in plaster. 3*7. In a paneled wainscot, such as is shown in Fig. 15,great care is necessary in fitting all the joints, and due con-sideration must be given to the subject of shrinkage, so thatthe subsequent drying out of the material will nut cause §10 JOINERY. 17 tinsij^htly cracks or open joints. The vertical pieces a, andthe horizontal members b, b\ and //, dividing the surface of thewainscot into panels, called stiles and rails, respectively, areframed and glued together. The panels c are left free toshrink or swell to a greater or less extent, without disturbingthe surrounding members. The end stiles a extend from thefloor to the top of the top rail /;, and are mortised to receivethe tenons of the rails b, b, b, as shown at e, e, and e. Therails are also mortised, and receive the tenons of the shortstiles, or muntins «, a, as shown at/!. Fig. 15. In the edge of each stile and rail a groove is worked to thedepth of the molding g^ and the edges of the panels c arebeveled ofE or hollowed out and inserted in this groove, asshown at //. The moldings g when small may be worked onthe edges of the stiles and rails, but when large and heavythey must be worked from separate stock and fitted in posi-tion afterwards. 18 JOINERY. § 10 The panels are thus practically separate from the sur-rounding- frame, and are free to shrink without danger ofsplitting. At the same time, since the amount of cross-grainin the extent of the wainscot is equal only to the sum of allwidths of the stiles in one direction and to all the widths ofthe rails in the other direction, the shrinkable material isreduced to a minimum, so that the wainscot, when con-structed with well seasoned material, will give good results. 28. Where the face of the wainscot is to be a plainunpaneled surface of wood, stil
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