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Roberts' Illustrated Millwork Catalog: A Sourcebook of Turn-of-the-Century Architectural Woodwork
Roberts' Illustrated Millwork Catalog: A Sourcebook of Turn-of-the-Century Architectural Woodwork
Roberts' Illustrated Millwork Catalog: A Sourcebook of Turn-of-the-Century Architectural Woodwork
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When E. L. Roberts & Co. — a Chicago-based wholesale manufacturer of architectural woodwork — issued a catalog of its millwork products in 1903, the firm boasted that the publication included "more novel and useful features … than any sash and door catalogue yet published," and that it was a book designed to satisfy "critical buyers who demand stylish and tasteful goods."
This volume, reproduced directly from a rare turn-of-the-century Roberts catalog, displays a vast assortment of finely crafted products — from window blinds, brackets, china closets, church fittings, doors, frames, gable finishes, linen closets, moldings, and office furniture to parquet floors, sashes, shingles, side boards, side lights, store fronts, wainscoting, and windows.
Nearly 300 sharply defined line drawings and photographs also provide detailed close-ups of exquisitely carved rosettes, head blocks, grilles, arches, and other decorative accents. Included in these illustrations are superb views of late-Victorian interiors finished with ornately carved balusters and newel posts, paneled walls, exquisite filigree, lovely stained glass windows, and magnificent fireplace mantels.
Here's a practical source of plans and ideas for architects, students of architectural history, carpentry enthusiasts, preservationists, restorationists, and anyone interested in the interior design and furnishings of a bygone era.

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Release dateJan 23, 2013
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Roberts' Illustrated Millwork Catalog: A Sourcebook of Turn-of-the-Century Architectural Woodwork

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    Roberts' Illustrated Millwork Catalog - Roberts & Co.

    DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE

    THE TEN BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE, Leon Battista Alberti. (25239-6)

    LUXURY APARTMENT HOUSES OF MANHATTAN, Andrew Alpern. (27370-9)

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    ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS FROM ARCHITECTURAL SHEET METAL, Broschart & Braun. (27039-4)

    VICTORIAN BRICK AND TERRA-COTTA ARCHITECTURE IN FULL COLOR, Pierre Chabat. (26164-6)

    COUNTRY HOUSES AND SEASIDE COTTAGES OF THE VICTORIAN ERA, William T. Comstock. (25972-2)

    CLASSIC MODERN HOMES OF THE THIRTIES, James Ford and Katherine Morrow Ford. (25927-7)

    PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL PLANS, DETAILS AND ELEMENTS, John Theodore Haneman. (24605-1)

    ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, Cyril Harris (ed.). (24444-X)

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    SPANISH-COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES, Rexford Newcomb. (26263-4)

    100 TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BRICK BUNGALOWS WITH FLOOR PLANS, Rogers & Manson. (28119-1)

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    PLANTATION HOUSES AND MANSIONS OF THE OLD SOUTH, J. Frazer Smith. (27848-4)

    STURGIS’ ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING, Russell Sturgis, et al. (26025-9, 26026-7, 26027-5) Three-volume set

    THE AMERICAN VIGNOLA: A GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, William R. Ware. (28310-0)

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    Paperbound unless otherwise indicated. Available at your book dealer, online at www.doverpublications.com, or by writing to Dept. 23, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501. For current price information or for free catalogs (please indicate field of interest), write to Dover Publications or log on to www.doverpublications.com and see every Dover book in print. Each year Dover publishes over 500 books on fine art, music, crafts and needlework, antiques, languages, literature, children’s books, chess, cookery, nature, anthropology, science, mathematics, and other areas.

    Manufactured in the U.S.A.

    NOTE

    The page numbering in this Dover edition follows that of the original 1903 catalog volume in beginning with page 49 (page opposite to this one). The earlier 48 pages contained the separate Price Supplement mentioned at the bottom of page 49, and are not included here. Cross references to these pages are to be disregarded.

    This Dover edition, first published in 1988, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by E. L. Roberts & Co., Chicago, in 1903, under the title Number 500 General Catalogue of E. L. Roberts & Co. A note on the page numbering has been added (on this page). The illustrations originally in color (pages 81–87, 146, 148, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 329–340, 358, 359, 362, 363, 365, 367, 370, 372, 374, 376, 377 and 379) are reproduced in black and white in the present edition.

    Manufactured in the United States of America

    Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

    Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

    Number 500 general catalogue of E.L. Roberts & Co.

    Roberts’ illustrated millwork catalog: a sourcebook of turn-of-the-century architectural woodwork/E.L. Roberts & Co.

    p. cm.

    Reprint. Originally published: Chicago: E.L. Roberts & Co., 1903 under title: Number 500 general catalogue of E.L. Roberts & Co.

    Includes index.

    9780486157269

    1. Woodwork—United States—Catalogs. 2. Woodwork—Canada—Catalogs. 3. Architecture, Modern—19th century—United States. 4. Architecture, Modern—19th century—Canada. I. E.L. Roberts & Co. II. Title. III. Title: Illustrated millwork catalog. TH1155.N86 1988 729′.6—dc 19

    88-16205

    CIP

    Table of Contents

    DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE

    Title Page

    NOTE

    Copyright Page

    GENERAL CATALOGUE OF E. L. ROBERTS & CO.

    INDEX.

    DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING

    OFFICIAL - CHICAGO MOULDING BOOK (ILLUSTRATED)

    LIST PRICE OF MOULDINGS.

    IMPORTANT NOTICE.

    DOVER BOOKS ON WOODWORKING AND CARVING

    E. L. ROBERTS WM. L. SHARP

    NUMBER

    500

    GENERAL CATALOGUE OF E. L. ROBERTS & CO.

    WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

    DOORS, GLAZED SASH, BLINDS

    MOULDINGS, FINE STAIRWORK,

    ART AND WINDOW GLASS, MANTELS, GRILLES,

    PARQUETRY FLOORS

    AND

    EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF MILLWORK IN ANY WOOD

    NOTE

    THIS CATALOGUE IS NOT COMPLETE UNLESS ACCOMPANIED

    BY OUR PRICE SUPPLEMENT

    ORDER BY NUMBER ONLY

    CAUTION.

    Owing to the duplication of numbers and names by various parties referring to entirely different subjects, care must be used to specify where the numbers or names are obtained.

    We assume that numbers or names of designs (if they appear herein) refer to this catalogue unless otherwise specified. In referring to other catalogues simply give firm name and year of publication.

    Copyrighted 1903 by E. L. Roberts & Co.

    DO NOT CUT THIS BOOK

    INTRODUCTORY

    WE take pleasure in presenting to you our general catalogues number 500. More novel and useful features are to be found within its covers than in any sash and door catalogue yet published. We have replaced the stereotyped matter now in general use by absolutely new and original designs. This important change will enable the progressive dealer to secure orders from the critical buyers who demand stylish and tasteful goods. We have issued separately in supplement form the official sash, door and blind list, as it is much used in figuring bills and estimates, and much easier to handle than the heavier catalogue. We will be pleased to make quotations on anything in our line shown in other books or from architects’ details. We trust that these catalogues will prove of mutual advantage and hope to receive your orders and inquiries.

    E. L. ROBERTS & CO.

    TWENTY-SECOND STREET AND UNION PLACE, CHICAGO, U. S. A.

    INDEX.

    PAGE

    BALLS, DOWELS AND DROPS .................................................... 167

    BLINDS. Inside Folding, Outside Folding, Sliding and Venetian ................ 75 to 79

    BLOCKS. Corner, Base and Head for interior use 138 to 141

    BRACKETS. Porch, Gable, interior and exterior ................ 235 to 243 and 252 to 255

    CARVINGS. (Genuine Wood) .................................................. 142, 143

    CHINA CLOSETS. Plans and designs ......................................... 341 to 343

    CHURCH FITTINGS. Doors, Windows and Altar Railing .................... 65, 370 to 381

    COLUMNS. Classic and Modern ............................................ 216, 217. 228

    COMPOSITION MATERIALS. Capitals, Ornaments and Brackets for interior and exterior use .......................................... 134 to 137, 250 to 255

    DOORS. All kinds in Soft and Hard woods ................................... 80 to 125

    FRAMES. Door, Window and Gable with details ............................. 66, 70 to 74

    GABLE FINISHES. Ornaments, Cresting, Finials and Vergeboards .............. 245 to 248

    GLASS. Leaded, mitered, beveled plate, church windows, emblems, cut, chipped, rolled, and lettered ................................................... 345 to 380

    GRILLES AND ARCHES.................................................... 257 to 292

    HARDWOOD DOORS and interior finish ............ 104 to 123, 131 to 133, 135, 144 to 165

    HARDWOOD FLOORS and finishes ........................................... 325 to 340

    LINEN CLOSETS ................................................................. 343

    MANTELS. Hardwood, Grates and accessories ................................ 293 to 324

    MANTEL SHELVES .............................................................. 344

    MEDICINE CLOSETS ............................................................. 342

    MOULDINGS. Birch ....................................................... 144 to 165

    MOULDINGS. General designs for interior and exterior use .................... 393 to 443

    MOULDINGS. Pressed, Turned and Roped ................................... 211 to 214

    OFFICE FURNITURE. Desks, Stools and Chairs ..................... 382 to 389

    PAPERS. Building and Roofing ................................................... 390

    PARQUETRY FLOORS and Finishes .......................................... 325 to 340

    PICKETS. Fence ............................................ 256

    PORCH WORK. Brackets, Columns, Rails, Spindles, Balusters, Drops and Drapery.. 215 to 255

    SASH. Front, cellar, gable, hotbed, barn, stall, factory, store and transom ...... 57 to 69

    SHINGLES. Fancy cut and dimension .................................... 256

    SIDEBOARDS .......................... 342,343

    SIDE LIGHTS for Doors .................................... 89

    STAIR WORK. Plans, details and designs of Newels, Rails and Balusters........ 168 to 209

    STORE FRONTS. Designs and details ............................................... 126 to 130

    WAINSCOTING. Paneled ................................................. 210

    WINDOWS. Plainrail, Checkrail, Front and Church ...................................... 57 to 69

    BIRDSEYE VIEW OF OUR IMMENSE PLANT—THE LARGET IN CHICAGO.

    DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING

    CIRCLE AND SEGMENT TOP WINDOWS.

    FIG. I

    For window frames, circle inside and outside.

    FIG. 2

    For window frames, circle outside, square inside.

    FIG. 3

    For window frames, segment inside and outside.

    Always use these

    figures, viz. 1, 2, 3 or 4

    in ordering

    segment or circle top

    windows or

    frames.

    FIG. 4

    For window frames, segment outside, square inside.

    Windows made in the above styles can be filled with any number of lights required.

    Always give the radius on segment, circle or gothic openings.

    The regular radius of a circle top is ½ the width and on segment and gothic top the full width of opening.

    For elliptic or irregular openings always furnish pattern.

    A window indicates two pieces. A sash indicates one piece. A pair of blinds indicates two pieces.

    A blind indicates one piece. A set of sash or blinds indicates more than two pieces,

    and order should be accompanied with sketch.

    DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING.

    Save valuable time by closely following the directions below.

    and 1¾ inches, and all other thicknesses must be made to order at extra price.

    Unless otherwise specified, or covered by standing instructions to the contrary, we will understand all orders as calling for REGULAR WESTERN STYLES OF GOODS, as described in this Catalogue.

    The universal rule in ordering mill-work is to give the width first and then the height.

    WINDOWS AND SASH.

    A—The term Sash indicates a single piece.

    B—The term Window means two pieces, an upper and a lower Sash, made with either plain or check rail.

    C—In ordering regular sizes of Sash or Windows, give size of glass and number of lights and thickness; if a Window, whether check or plain rail; state whether open or glazed, and if glazed, whether with single or double strength glass.

    D—In ordering odd sizes, give size of opening to be filled and describe as above.

    E—When measurements are given in inches, it usually indicates the glass size, and we will so understand it; when given in feet and inches the outside measure or opening is understood.

    F—In ordering segment, circle, gothic or elliptic top openings, see opposite page.

    BLINDS.

    In Ordering, Specify Whether Outside (O. S.) or Inside (I. S.) Blinds are Wanted.

    G—OUTSIDE BLINDS. In ordering Outside Blinds, if regular, give size of glass and number of lights in window for which they are intended and size of opening to be filled. If odd, give thickness and state if rolling slats (R. S.), stationary slats (S. S.), or half rolling and half stationary slats (½ R. S., ½ S. S.) are required. If other than these styles are required, order must so state.

    H—The regular opening for Outside Blinds is one (1) inch longer than Check Rail Windows of corresponding glass size. Where Blinds of extra length for brick buildings are desired, order must so state and Blinds will then be made two (2) inches longer than sash opening.

    inch thick, full rolling slats made for regular openings, as above described. When not otherwise specified we assume this to be the

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