Trelliswork
Treillage is French for trelliswork although the meaning is more complex. Treillage refers to trellis of a highly developed form both artistically and architecturally. Transennae or Trellis Screens are the pierced walls of classic architectural origin. The Dutch and French achieved a high level of refinement in earlier centuries, creating arbors, galleries, summerhouses and more with a keen eye for proportion and decoration. At FINEHOUSE we are reviving the art while utilizing modern materials and methods. When we speak of Treillage we are referring to the entire assembly of component parts used to create a project of excelling and refined beauty.
Architectural Trellis
Architectural trellis is a phrase coined by FineHouse to describe a contemporary application for traditional Treillage. Utilizing architectural columns, mouldings and heavy gauge lattice, assemblies and classic architectural forms can be created. Features such as doorways, windows, and walls can all be replicated with architectural trellis.
To learn about architectural trellis offered by FineHouse, see here
Pressure Treated
Pressure treated trellis is the most widely available and cost effective pre-made trellis on the market. This material offers a weather resistant alternative to untreated wood. However, this type of material has some drawbacks. If left unstained or unpainted it will turn a weathered grey over the course of a year. This will reduce the overall lifetime of the material.
Specifications & Options:
Sheet - 3/8" x 4' x 8'
Lath 1/4" - 5/16" , Lattice 1/2" - 5/8"
Square Window - 1 3/4" Standard or 3/4" privacy
Diagonal Window - 2 5/8"
Pest and weather resistant
Square or Diagonal pattern
Cedar
Cedar trellis offers a more handsome and durable wood than you would get with normal pressure treated lumber. With application of the proper stain this material will last far past its alternatives with little change in color and durability.
Specifications & Options:
Sheet - 3/8" x 4' x 8'
Square Window - 2 1/2" standard or 1 15/16" privacy
Diagonal Window - 2 3/4" standard or 1 7/8" privacy
Pest and weather resistant
Square or Diagonal pattern
Vinyl
Vinyl trellis is the middling of the three for cost effectiveness. This material will last longer than pressure treated woods. Towards the end of its life it has a tendency to become sun-bleached and brittle.
Specifications:
Sheet - 1/8" x 4' x 8'
Square Window - 2 5/8" standard or 1/4" privacy
Diagonal Window - 2 5/8" standard or 1 1/8" privacy
Pest and weather proof
Wood like grain pattern
Square or Diagonal Pattern
Variety of colors
FineHouse offers a range of architectural trellis panel sizes, gauges, and styles in a selection of materials including Accoya, Cedar, and Mahogany.
Site Built Trellis
Although Pre-made trellis is readily available for easy installation it is sometimes more desirable to build on site due to the increased options for materials and construction methods. Site built trellis can often times be more architecturally sound working with the existing architecture and site conditions. See the examples below.
CONSTRUCTION 1
CONSTRUCTION 2
FINISHED
Another Example of Site Built Trellis
Mahogany Trellis Used for Fencing
Ipe Trellis
Trellis with Circular Windows & Iron Grille
Spanish Cedar Trellis Fence with "Rabbit Panels"
SynCore™ Trellis Panels with Oval Applique
Dark Green Finished Trellis
Swaled Architectural Trellis with Arched Buttress
Mahogany Trellis Panels to Create Pergola Walls
Trelliswork Rose Temple
Treillage Applied to Wall
Trellis used with Pergola & Flanking Panels
Trelliswork with Trompe-l'œil Applied to Walls
Trellis with festoon used for fencing
Treillage for Roses & Other Climbers
Trellis Screen with Arched Buttress
Trellis Styles
Column with Pedestal
Architectural Terms for Columns & Trelliswork
Abacus - a flat slab on the top of a column capital. The shape & edge profile vary with the type of capital.
Arbor - a small garden structure with columns or posts supporting overhead elements, oftentimes an arch.
Bracket - a projecting support.
Capital - a carved or decorated block at the top of a column.
Coffer - a variously shaped recess in the ceiling, vault or dome.
Colonnade - a row of columns, sometimes in a radius plan.
Corbel - a small projection in a wall, or supporting bracket.
Cornice - the upper part of an entablature.
Dentil - tooth-like projections in a cornice.
Entasis - the taper or bulging taper of a column.
Fillet - a small projecting moulding.
Finial - a vertical projecting feature, typically at the top of a roof, but also at points on a freestanding wall.
Frieze - the middle part of the entablature.
Lath - individual strips used to make lattice. Typical thickness is 1/8" to 1/4" in commercial lattice, and 1/2" -3/4" in architectural trellis.
Lattice - the combination of overlapping lath strips in various patterns and spacings.
Pavilion - in classic architecture; a distinctive part of a building, usually on a corner or at the end of a long façade. Also, an isolated building.
Pedestal - a decorated stand for a column, statue, vase, or other feature.
Pediment - a triangular gable with cornice.
Pergola - a structure with columns, lintels or beams, rafters, and purlins. Sometimes including trellis in the overhead elements & between columns.
Peristyle - a row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch.
Pier - an isolated rectangular section of a supporting wall or foundation.
Pilaster - a column attached to and projecting from a wall.
Plinth - the square slab at the base of a column.
Portico - originally a colonnade, but now specifically a small porch with columns.
Profile - the shape of a moulding or other detail shown as a section or straight cut through the detail.
Ressaut - a section of entablature projecting outwards from a continuous entablature over similarly isolated columns.
Rossette - a formalized decorative representation of a flower.
Scotia - a deep concave moulding
Soffit - the underside of any projecting or overhead feature such as a beam. Also, another word for a ceiling.
Spandrel - the area of wall above an arch when it is set inside a rectangular opening.
Swag - also known as a festoon or garland. A bundle of flowers, fruit or other objects gathered together, draped from two supports, and tied with ribbons.
Transenna - a latticed fence or balustrade, in any material , most frequently used in antiquity.
Trellis - an assembly of lattice and trim elements such as; borders, stiles, rails, top caps, and arches.
Treillage - from early French garden architecture; an elaborate use of architectural trelliswork, often including elements such as columns, scroll brackets, entablatures, & pediments along with many others. Treillage is used to create features such as walls with trompe l'oeil, pavilions, arbors and other garden structures.
Trelliswork - a combination of trellis, trellises, and possibly other architectural elements, such as posts, mouldings, or arches, to mention a few.
Trompe l'oeil - (French: “deceive the eye”) in garden architecture and trelliswork, the illusion of depth of field or perspective is achieved through crafted millwork.
Vault - a curved roof or ceiling.
Window - the openings in a lattice piece
