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Time period for mitered corners vs. corner blocks?

ginam_oh
18 years ago

This was a new one for me...a good friend of mine was recently looking at photos of our home and expressed surprise, given the time period in which our home was built (circa 1885-1890) that the architrave molding has mitered corners. He expected to see corner blocks.

I've looked a bit but cannot find a good resource that shows when the transition from one to another took place. Anybody know a) where I can find out about interiors? Most of what's out there deals with exterior features; or b) at what point this switch happened? Do we have mitered corners earlier than one might expect? Photographic documentation shows that the trim is original to the home.

Thoughts or suggestions welcomed!

Gina

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