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.
Random width lumber surfaced 3 sides, two smooth faces and one straight edge for optimal lumber yield. Often referred to as “rock maple” and “sugar maple” our white hard S&B 1&2 maple is a uniform pale reddish-brown or light tan, the sapwood white is a reddish tinge. The classic “bird’s eye” form has brownish dots on a whitish background. Typical uses are furniture, musical instruments, Interior millwork, bowling alleys, dance floors, basketball courts, and even roller-skating rinks.
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