An edition of The country builder's assistant (1797)

The country builder's assistant

fully explaining the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings : for drawing and working the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders, with their pedestals, bases, capitals, and establatures : architraves for doors, windows and chimnies : cornices, bases & surbase mouldings for rooms : chimney-pieces, doors and sashes with their mouldings : the construction of stairs, with their ramp and twist rails : plan, elevation and section of a meeting-house, with a pulpit at large : plans and elevations of houses, fence posts and railings : the best method of finding the length and backing of hip rafters : also, the tracing of groins, angle brackets, circular soffits in circular walls, &c.

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An edition of The country builder's assistant (1797)

The country builder's assistant

fully explaining the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings : for drawing and working the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders, with their pedestals, bases, capitals, and establatures : architraves for doors, windows and chimnies : cornices, bases & surbase mouldings for rooms : chimney-pieces, doors and sashes with their mouldings : the construction of stairs, with their ramp and twist rails : plan, elevation and section of a meeting-house, with a pulpit at large : plans and elevations of houses, fence posts and railings : the best method of finding the length and backing of hip rafters : also, the tracing of groins, angle brackets, circular soffits in circular walls, &c.

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This is a pattern book of Federal period moulding and trim styles distributed by Asher Benjamin in 1797. It was a guide for carpenters of the time.

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Printed by John Denio
Language
English
Pages
37

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Subjects

Architecture, Carpentry, Early works to 1800, Building, Designs and plans, Details, Drawings, Natural history, Naturhistoria, Construction workers

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The country builder's assistant: fully explaining, the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings ...
1805, J. Denio
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Cover of: The country builder's assistant
The country builder's assistant: fully explaining the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings : for drawing and working the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders, with their pedestals, bases, capitals, and establatures : architraves for doors, windows and chimnies : cornices, bases & surbase mouldings for rooms : chimney-pieces, doors and sashes with their mouldings : the construction of stairs, with their ramp and twist rails : plan, elevation and section of a meeting-house, with a pulpit at large : plans and elevations of houses, fence posts and railings : the best method of finding the length and backing of hip rafters : also, the tracing of groins, angle brackets, circular soffits in circular walls, &c.
1805, Printed by John Denio
Microform in English

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Shaw & Shoemaker, 7974

Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7974

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Greenfield, Mass
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Early American imprints -- no. 7974

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Microform
Pagination
[36] p., [37] leaves of plates
Number of pages
37

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OL15099063M

First Sentence

"FIGURE A. Scotia ; to draw the curve line of the Scotia, divide the height into three parts ; place one foot of your compaffes in 2, and extend the other to 3, and draw the Arch line 3 b ; then move your compaffes to a, and extend to b, and draw the curve line b, d."

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