Simpler in style but no less effective, the torus consists of a single large convex curve. Still hugely popular in British homes, both designs are now widely available in most large DIY stores, although ogee designs are generally reserved for architraves, picture rails and dado rails rather than skirting boards.
Anyone wanting get the full impact of skirting boards should match them up with other traditional Victorian features such as mantle pieces, pelmet headed curtains complete with curtain holdbacks and oriental rugs over dark wood floors. Cookies are used to improve your experience, continue browsing to accept our cookie policy. Related Pages. Victorian Style- Skirting Boards. And, together with the plaster coving, were meant to give intimations of the classical decoration found, for example, at the top and bottom of Greek and Roman columns By late Victorian times the third purpose had been made irrelevant by damp-proof course legislation, and in post-war times the first purpose had been made irrelevant in many properties by the advent of plasterboard construction walls.
Curtain Fabric. Curtain Poles. Curtain Tracks. Share this Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Made To Measure Getting the look you want with our bespoke items. Customer Reviews See what our customers say about us. We cling on to them because of our sentimental fondness for "period" detail, and incompetent mass-market house builders like them because they allow for a poor standard of workmanship and higher speed.
We "trendy minimalist" architects have eliminated skirtings and architraves in favour of a small recessed "shadowgap" detail which neatly articulates the junction between wall and floor, making wall planes appear to "float" over continuous floor planes. There is an argument that skirtings protect the wall finish from damage by vacuum cleaners, etc. This is rubbish; it is much better to avoid hitting your house in the first place.
Richard Lindley, London NW1. Without the generous skirtings in our house, assorted bikes, toy cars, push-chairs, and vacuum cleaners would long since have reduced the lowest part of the internal walls to rubble. Christopher Lambton, Edinburgh cjlambton compuserve. The disparaging comments made by your self-confessed trendy minimalist "architect" would suggest he seldom pilots his own vacuum cleaner.
If he did he would doubtless discover the near impossibility of doing so without collision with his small recessed "shadow gap" - itself a convenient hiding place for dust and lost buttons. Even in Italy, spiritual home of minimalists and marble floors, they have skirting board, and they call it "battiscopa" - roughly translates as " where the broom hits". C H Rasmussen, London W4. Otherwise you'll bump into them and hurt yourself.
Isla, London To hold the floor down. Whilst all have survived to present day, the latter two are now seen significantly less than skirting boards. This proves the first point — the longevity and popularity of these items. Therefore the question becomes what is it about skirting boards that have allowed them to stand the test of time? The answer is probably the vast purposive use for skirting, which has changed over the years from an item of functionality to an item of feature.
Of course, there has and will still always be elements of both in any usage. This said, even the Victorians were keen on the idea of skirting boards as a feature also, and tended to showcase rooms with bolder and bigger skirting profiles if they could afford it and desired to do so.
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