Raised Panels

My wife photographs baking creations to share with fellow foodies. Camera phone photos, text, text, text; camera phone photos, text, text, text.

I like to take photographs of panelling. Some of the most primo panelling, most wonderous wainscots, are found in museums. A wainscot, is a decorative facing applied to the lower portion of an interior partition or wall.

Reminder: I'll have 2361 W. 20th St. open tomorrow from 11 - 2:30, and 1114 W. 40th Place open from noon - 2. Both houses boast a board-and-batten wainscot in the dining room. A quintessential Craftsman-style feature.

Boiserie (often used in the plural boiseries) is the term used to define particularly ornate decorative (or carved) panelling, particularly popular in 17th & 18th century French interior design.

A boiserie, unlike wainscotting, can be floor to ceiling.