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Bolection moulding

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Bolection moulding
a bold moulding of double curvature raised above the general plane of the framework of a door, fireplace or panelling.
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BOLECTION MOULDING: a convex moulding which projects beyond the surface it frames, characteristic of joinery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

they are formed as part of a stile or rail, they are termed "moulding out of stile", if they fit flush with the surface of the rail or stile, they are planted mouldings, if they wrap around the end of the rail or stile, they are bolection mouldings.

by the temporary timber framing (formwork) used for casting.Boiseries(French): Panelling or other fitted interior woodwork with elaborate decoration of foliage, etc., used especially in the 17th- to 19th-century France.Bolection moulding ...

See also: Bolection, Moulding, Bond, Stretcher, Panelling

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