. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... ing V-jointed as theother is, it has a bead worked oneach piece on one edge only, asshown at A. This makes it more expensive than theV-jointed sheathing and much more expensive than plaintongued and grooved sheathing. Fig, 359 shows a section through some center beadedSheathing, where, in addition to the bead A worked onthe edge of each piece, a bead or sometimes two beadsare worked in the center, as shown at B. Fig. 360 shows a section taken vertically through a simple wainscot composed of matched sheathing wi
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... ing V-jointed as theother is, it has a bead worked oneach piece on one edge only, asshown at A. This makes it more expensive than theV-jointed sheathing and much more expensive than plaintongued and grooved sheathing. Fig, 359 shows a section through some center beadedSheathing, where, in addition to the bead A worked onthe edge of each piece, a bead or sometimes two beadsare worked in the center, as shown at B. Fig. 360 shows a section taken vertically through a simple wainscot composed of matched sheathing with a base and a cap mold. The sheathing itself is shown at B, the plaster being at G, with the sheathing placed close against the plaster surface. At C is the base, with the top beveled to receive the sheathing. This method of receiving the sheathing on a beveled top to the base is the best, because dust and dirt will not then collect between the joints of the sheathing Simple Wainscoting at the bottom, and whatever does collect there ! lUL Fig. 359. Center-Beaded Sheathing. 258 CARPENTRY 247 can be easily cleaned away. At ^, is shown tne cap moldingwhich is grooved on the bottom to allow the sheathing to fit up intoit. This cap mold runs the full length of the wainscot and stops Fig. 361. Horizontal Section through Another Kind of Wainscoting against the architraves around the windows, so that its projectioncan not be greater than the thickness of the architrave molding,and it should be about \ inch less than this thickness. In Fig. 361 is shown another kind of wainscoting, the sectionbeing taken horizontally through a portion of it. This form of Fig. 362. Section Showing Paneled Fig. 363. Another Paneled Wainscoting Wainscoting wainscoting is more expensive than simple matched or beadedsheathing, but it is not so expensive as is paneled work. It consistsof pieces called battens, as shown at C, with other thinner piecesgrooved in between them, as shown at B. The battens m
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