Our doors and windows : how to decorate them . No. 37. Bay Window. Lattice Blind Backed with Silk. ENCLOSURES, LATTICES, SCREENS, PANELING. IN Fig. No 38 is shown a wooden grille, like those now to be seen in the Cathedralof Basle, and in some churches in the Eastern provinces. From a simplelattice of pieces halved together, the joiner succeeds in making an enclosureof imposing appear-ance. The principlehitherto stated, thatof leaving the woodall its strength at thejoints, is scrupulously-observed ; but at theopenings and be-tween the joints, thewood is cut away toform a decoration,and to take
Our doors and windows : how to decorate them . No. 37. Bay Window. Lattice Blind Backed with Silk. ENCLOSURES, LATTICES, SCREENS, PANELING. IN Fig. No 38 is shown a wooden grille, like those now to be seen in the Cathedralof Basle, and in some churches in the Eastern provinces. From a simplelattice of pieces halved together, the joiner succeeds in making an enclosureof imposing appear-ance. The principlehitherto stated, thatof leaving the woodall its strength at thejoints, is scrupulously-observed ; but at theopenings and be-tween the joints, thewood is cut away toform a decoration,and to take away theheavy appearance,that would have ex-isted if the pieceshad been left square.(This grille retainsforms belonging tothe Romanesque pe-riod, though we donot believe it to havebeen made before the14th century.)—TheBuilding
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