Exfoliation

The Abblattung or flattening is a shaping of workpieces in the timber and in the interior construction and in furniture construction .

In timber construction, flaking is an area that is behind the main edge of a beam or board .

In interior construction and furniture construction, it is the tapering of fillings to the groove width of the timber frame into which they are inserted. This technique, which is mainly used in the joinery or joinery trade , is also called trimming or finishing the edges. It is used for door or wall paneling, among other things.

literature

• Hans Koepf , Günther Binding : Picture Dictionary of Architecture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 194). 4th, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-19404-X .