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.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
37

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Edition Notes

Shaw & Shoemaker, 7974.

Microfiche. [New Canaan, CT: Readex Microprint, 1987-1992] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7974.

Published in
Greenfield, Mass
Series
Early American imprints -- no. 7974.

The Physical Object

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

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17715702M

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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August 2, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format '[microform] :' to 'Microform'; cleaned up pagination
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