Panelling
Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a
Panelling was developed in antiquity to make rooms in
Wainscot panelling
The term wainscot (UK: /ˈweɪnskət/ WAYN-skət or US: /ˈweɪnskɒt/ WAYN-skot) originally applied to high quality riven oak boards.
Wainscot oak came from large, slow-grown forest trees, and produced boards that were knot-free, low in tannin, light in weight, and easy to work with. It was preferred to home-grown oak, especially in the Netherlands and British Isles, because it was a far superior product and dimensionally stable.
The Oxford English Dictionary states that it derives from the Middle Low German wagenschot as well as wageschot or 'wall-board'.[2] Johnson's Dictionary defined it thus:
Wainscot [wageschot, Dutch], the inner wooden covering of a wall.
To wainscot [waegenschotten, Dutch], to line the walls with boards
A 'wainscot' was therefore a board of riven (and later
The term wainscoting, as applied to the lining of walls, originated in a species of foreign oak of the same name, used for that purpose; and although that has long been superseded by the introduction of fir timber, the term has been continued notwithstanding the change of material.[3]
— Peter Nicholson, An Architectural Dictionary (1819)
Today the term wainscot refers commonly to the different treatment of the lower part of the wall (roughly a meter, 3–4 feet); see also dado.
Boiserie
Boiserie (French pronunciation: [bwazʁi]; often used in the plural boiseries) is the French term used to define ornate and intricately carved wood panelling.[4] Boiseries became popular in the latter part of the 17th century in French interior design, becoming a de rigueur feature of fashionable French interiors throughout the 18th century. Such panels were most often painted in two shades of a chosen color or in contrasting colors, with gilding reserved for the main reception rooms.[5] The Palace of Versailles contains many fine examples of white painted boiseries with gilded mouldings installed in the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI.[6] The panels were not confined to just the walls of a room but were used to decorate doors, frames, cupboards, and shelves also. It was standard for mirrors to be installed and framed by the carved boiseries, especially above the mantelpiece of a fireplace. Paintings were also installed within boiseries, above doorways or set into central panels.[7]
See also
- Moulding (decorative)
- Ornament (art)
- Panel edge staining
- Structural insulated panel
- Vacuum insulated panel
- Crown moulding
- Dado (architecture)
- Dado rail
- Woodie (car body style)
- Wall panel
References
- ^ "Paneling". Encyclopædia Britannica. britannica.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "wainscot". Oxford Dictionaries. 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 9, 2017.
- ^ Peter Nicholson, An Architectural Dictionary, 2 Vols., London (1819).
- ^ Garay, Regina (June 23, 2014). "The Beauty of Boiserie". paintandpattern.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ Whitehead, John (1992). The French Interior in the 18th Century. Dutton Studio Books. pp. 95–7.
- ^ Verlet, Pierre (1985). Le château de Versailles. Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard
- ^ Whitehead, John (1992). The French Interior in the 18th Century. Dutton Studio Books. pp. 95–7.
External links
- Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. .