Italianate architecture took hold in America from roughly 1840 to 1885, borrowing the bracketed eaves, tall narrow windows, and richly curved profiles of Renaissance Italian villas. Italianate moulding favors sweeping ogee curves, bold scroll brackets, paired window hoods, and crown assemblies that project further from the wall than any other 19th-century style.
Mason’s Mill carries 45 Italianate profiles suited to brownstone restorations, Hudson Valley villas, and the bracketed wood-frame Italianates common across the Midwest. They pair naturally with our Victorian profiles when restoring transitional homes built in the 1860s and 1870s.
CUTEK® Extreme Wood Protection Oil is sold clear, which allows the wood to age gracefully into a beautiful silver patina on exposure to sunlight. However, if you’d like to retain the natural freshly oiled color of the wood you’re working with, add a CUTEK® Colortone to the clear oil. Choose one of these Colortones which have been specifically developed to closely match many popular wood species.
For best results, select a CUTEK® Colortone that is close to the natural shade of the wood species being coated. To get an idea of what a Colortone may look like on a wood species we offer samples of the pre-mixed CUTEK® Colortones. Also please refer to the CUTEK® Colortone Specs with complimentary species/stain color suggestions HERE: https://cutekstain.com/us/product/colortones/
Order a sample of CUTEK® Colortone for $10.00 HERE which can be applied as a credit towards your full purchase.
Contact Mason’s Mill to start your custom Moulding or Profile order.