laths

Some of the best houses are built of stone, but they are usually constructed of a framework of bamboo and laths, which is covered with plaster painted black and white in diagonal lines.

A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

BEDSTAFF, (?) wooden pin in the side of the bedstead for supporting the bedclothes (Johnson); one of the sticks or "laths"; a stick used in making a bed.

Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605

The walls and ceilings were made of timber with laths – thin flat strips of wood – nailed to the joists and covered in lime plaster.

Life in a Victorian terrace 2011

Material is honed to the strict essential, but the rhythm of the laths creates a visual effect.

Air Chair by Samuel Accoceberry 2009

Through a conscious handling of the daylight on naked surfaces and shading laths the mode of climate and weather outside always becomes present inside.

Rock Blending Summer House in Vestfold, Norway 2010

To have it replaced, I stripped down the whole house to the bare laths and washed them – they were filthy with grime and soot.

Life in a Victorian terrace 2011

Unvarnished and untreated, the wood laths rest on a white, lacquered stainless steel structure.

ILLU Outdoor Shelter from Bleu Nature 2009

The technique for this piece relies on the close interlocking of seven curved wooden laths aseembled in decreasing height.

Air Chair by Samuel Accoceberry 2009

The splay of the laths constitutes the back, their joining low down forms the rear base.

Air Chair by Samuel Accoceberry 2009

The gutters are hidden behind the wall coverings panels, that are made of vacuum impregnated pine wood laths.

Planit Prefab House by Pircher and Bestetti Associates 2009