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As regards strength, this oriental latticing is much stronger than would be imagined but the size of each compartment ought to be adapted to the strength of the pattern intended to fill it. Some ingenuity and patience will, doubtless, be required in putting together these lattice-work patterns, and fitting them in their frames, but when this is accomplished, the effect is very striking. In short, there is scarcely any limit to the variety of patterns which may be produced in this kind of work. On the next image, the pattern is varied by using flat oblong forms placed alternately vertical and horizontal while by substituting oval forms for the oblong, another variety would be obtained. Upon this principle are constructed all the different patterns shown in next images, the variety depending entirely upon the form of the pieces of wood used, and the angles at which the connecting pegs are fitted in. One of the most effective in appearance, and at the same time, most commonly met with, is the lattice pattern shown in the next image. With the exception of the frames and supports, the various patterns are all made of small pieces of wood, bored, and fitted together with pegs. Indeed, it was not until the writer came upon a casement dropping to pieces from ill-usage or neglect, that he perceived how simple was its principle of construction. The lattice-work of the East is, however, very rich at first sight it may seem a hopeless task for the amateur to attempt to reproduce it.

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There, however, it is no unusual thing to see the front of a house almost completely screened by latticed galleries extending along the floor line of every storey from the basement to the attics, and cast-iron is the material used, the designs being generally light in character, and full of that ornament which wearies the eye from its monotony. We cannot expect a return to the wrought iron verandah work of the early Georgian period and the writer has no wish to see the cast-iron work of some of the Dutch villas repeated in England. The uses of lattice-work in our country are so few, that it is only from the amateur that any departure from the established form and coloring of this work can be hoped.

The variety of patterns also admits of a variety of coloring, an advantage which English lattice-work cannot be said to partake of, this being almost uniformly painted green. For window casements in hot climates, lattice-work is decidedly preferable to glass, since, while withstanding the fierce heat of the sun, it admits air, and sufficient light for the ordinary occupations of an oriental dwelling. Here, lattice-work is almost confined to summer arbors and verandahs, and seldom takes any other form than that of long strips of wood crossing each other at such angles as to show a number of square, or lozenge-shaped openings while in the East, the variety of patterns is very great, and the effect very rich, especially when several of these occur in one piece of work. The richness of oriental lattice-work cannot fail to strike those who have, like the writer, travelled in countries where the rays of the sun have to be combatted, instead of courted, as in England. (1883) - WARD, LOCK, & Co., LONDON, Author: CRABCROSSE).

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This free woodturning project is based on the article published in an old magazine (AMATEUR WORK MAGAZINE, VOLUME II.

Lattice work patterns