Carved Cornices: The Wooden Counterpart to Gothic

A wooden residential gable. Under the eaves, along the slope, hangs an openwork carved wooden board. The pattern is a repetition of pointed arches, trefoils, and pendants, with a pointed finial hanging at the end. The porch columns are slender, with openwork wooden arches above. This is a translation of stone Gothic into woodworking. Avoid: using stone and brick for these details, making the carvings into heavy solid wood, changing the pattern to simple rustic sawteeth, removing the finial at the end of the gable.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟木造住宅的山牆。屋簷下沿著坡度掛著一片鏤空雕花的木板,圖案是尖拱、三葉與垂飾的重複,末端垂下一個尖錐。門廊的柱子細長,上方有鏤空的木拱。這是把石造哥德翻譯成木工的做法。避免:使用石材與磚做這些細部、把雕花做成厚重的實木、圖案改成鄉村風的簡單鋸齒、拿掉山牆末端的垂飾。