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Wood Shutter Restoration, Federal Period
Providence, Rhode Island
Wood Window Shutter Restoration, Early Nineteenth Century
Known as the Aldrich House, this early 19th century federal style residence is now the home of the Rhode Island Historical Society. The wood window shutters shown here are built to period standards of function and utility for these useful but obsolete elements of window technology.
The wood window shutters shown here are built to period standards of function and utility for these useful but obsolete elements of window technology.
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A group of completed shutters awaits finishing in our shop.
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Showing the opening of slots for the slats on the bandsaw.
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Cutting slots to capture ends of slats with router and jig.
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Completed rail stock stacked beside a jig for cutting slots.
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Tenoned parts, ready for assembly.
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Assembled shutter glued and clamped in the shop.
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Shutter finished and installed, showing swing.
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