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.
Rift cut is a term that refers to the visual characteristics of the face of each board. The lumber is sawn for the best grain rather than the highest grade. Our rift white oak is an S&B grade out of the Appalachian mountains.
Rift white oak is a hard and heavy wood, typically used for furniture, cabinet making, interior trim work, paneling flooring, cooperage for wine and whiskey, and shingles.
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