| Title: | Trellis-work |
| Original Title: | Treillage |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 16 (1765), p. 577 |
| Author: | Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt (biography) |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
Architectural decoration
Garden decoration
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.465 |
| Citation (MLA): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Trellis-work." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.465>. Trans. of "Treillage," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 16. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. "Trellis-work." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.465 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Treillage," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 16:577 (Paris, 1765). |
Trellis-work, a work made from vertical stakes intersected by horizontal stakes or poles, which are tied with iron wire to form meshes of 5-7 inches. These meshes are used in the construction of bowers and palissades set against garden walls.
Trellis-work, which is an attractive device, is used to support espaliers, enclose some square beds, and make palissades or bowers; it is widely used in England and Holland. The meshes are repainted each year with green-coloured oil, which both decorates and preserves them. They are strengthened by the addition of iron bars at regular intervals, which form the framework.
Trellis-work may be made from meshes of different sizes, such as 8 by 9 inches wide, 6 by 5 inches wide, or 4 inches squared, according to the nature of the product and the desired outlay. Trellis-work with small meshes is used in fine bowers, and sometimes in palissades ornamenting specific areas. The trellis-work of fine garden features such as covered walks, portiques, salles de verdure, etc. are ornamented with columns, pilasters, cornices, uprights, panels, vases, consoles, crowns, domes, and lanterns.
A trellis-work column is an open-work column of which the shaft is made from iron and stakes. The base and capital are made from ‘boisseau’ wood shaped into the required outline. [1] The column is used to ornament trellis portiques.
Notes
1. ‘Boisseau’ wood was a cylinder of wood which was used as a measure.