Tuscan Window

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TUSCANY HOME DESIGNS

TUSCANY STYLE WINDOW

Tuscany Style windows may generally be characterized as –

Glazes

	Rectilinear glazes of size to about 1LF on a side
	Preferably square, but if not, may be a little wider than high (utterly unlike Traditional window glaze designing) or the other way around

Muntins

	If at all, then usually on the horizontal and rarely on the vertical, unless cleanly dicing up a ground in more or less equal squares of four
	Alternatively, clear glaze, no muntins

Casing – head and legs – or no

Apron, not often

Deep-set

	Often
	Primarily a functional adaptation – sitting, display, etc. – to the form of deep, or thick walls
	Often tile-topped and a slim backsplash in tile

Casements

	Predominate
	Singled or paired parting at the vertical centerline, not more
	More often narrow, less often squared or close to squared
	Often opening inward to habitable (uncommon in today’s common marketplace)

Assortments of awning and double-hung in standard and cottage format, though the latter may be reversed with the minor sash low

Parting structure may be mullions, though as or more often presented in the French style, i.e., lacking a center rail, albeit more often therewith a sizeable astragal

Lintels (some quite primitive) and arches, usually Roman

Surrounds

	Lots of masonry – stone and stucco
	Can be selectively expulsive – especially at heads – whimsical, akin to Craftsman firebox surrounds

Sites and sizes – akin to American Craftsman

	Sites may be seemingly randomized on a facade, i.e., lacking Traditional symmetrical or other ordered positioning in pre-Renaissance presentations; otherwise, symmetry prevails in fenestration
	Sizes vary considerably on a façade

Comment: AG saw one window manufacturer’s wares that look more Tuscanylike than others – Milgard’s Tuscany. No blue ribbons here, just a look worth noting over other makers’ models. You judge quality for yourselves.

Marvin’s Integrity may be moving into Tuscany Style, too, based on a recently received mailer; however, personal experience with the firm leaves the designer less than keen on aggressively pursuing that maker’s models.

Perhaps, there are others. Not Andersen, in designer’s opinion. Maybe a local maker. You’re encouraged to look for the usually, majorly economical stock and not custom models.

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Comment: In the custom home plans from which much of this presentation has been adapted, related, extensive notes ensued both as to design and to construction, including an annotated section in elevation and an annotated plan view, both to-scale.

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