Rosette Blocks Show It's Hip to Be Square
This decorative window and door trim detail adds a fashionable design note in traditional and transitional homes
Being married to a carpenter, I have the pleasure of being immersed in a world of architectural trim. My most recent learning experience came in the form of the rosette block.
Wooden rosette blocks are both functional and fashionable. They form a decorative corner on door and window casings; functionally, they eliminate the need to calculate complicated miters, usually otherwise required where moldings meet in corners.
Wood rosettes have been featured on door and window casings since the 1800s and were especially popular in Victorian homes. These days they be may used with many trim styles to create a traditional or transitional feel.
Wooden rosette blocks are both functional and fashionable. They form a decorative corner on door and window casings; functionally, they eliminate the need to calculate complicated miters, usually otherwise required where moldings meet in corners.
Wood rosettes have been featured on door and window casings since the 1800s and were especially popular in Victorian homes. These days they be may used with many trim styles to create a traditional or transitional feel.
Rosette blocks helped Union Studio conserve the architectural integrity of this Jamestown, Rhode Island, home during its renovation and addition.
Designed by architect David Adler, this historic Princeton, New Jersey, home features a bevy of architectural details, including bull's-eye rosettes.
Along with rosette blocks, bull's-eye plinth blocks are used at the edge where the baseboard joins the casing of the doorways in this Encinitas, California, waterfront home.
Rosette blocks are quite common in Victorian homes, such as this 1898 San Francisco row house.
This historic New England home is rich with architectural details, like a coffered ceiling, a built-in buffet and trim with rosette blocks.
Crown molding and rosette blocks grace the interior of this 1889 Gothic Victorian residence in Arlington, Virginia.
BR215-T Rosette
Rosette blocks manufactured from solid wood are readily available in many sizes.
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