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shell) instead of glass. The Chinese were presumably the first to utilize the shell, the dissemination of which use has been credited to the Portuguese; extensive and widespread use of the shell for windows and other handicraft products as a substitute for the then more scarce and more expensive
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shell for windowpanes, cabinet decorations, and handicrafts starting in 1755, while before this period the seashell was only used widely in the decoration of weapons, clothes, and trading goods. It is believed that the shell was first used architecturally in the making of slide windows for the
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houses extensively used the capiz-shell window element. Designed to take advantage of tropical cool breezes, these houses' large windows were built at least a meter high and as wide as five meters. The typically sliding panels with
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launched an online exhibition titled "Placuna placenta: Capis Shells and Windows to Indigenous Artistry" alongside other government institutions' celebrations commemorating the 122nd anniversary of
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Rustia, Jessica M.; Antonino, Judith P.; Velasco, Ravelina R.; Lima, Marcelo A.; Yates, Edwin Alexander; Fernig, David G. (August 31, 2023).
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History and Prospects for Sustainability and Circularity of the Windowpane Oyster Placuna placenta Fishery in the Philippines
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churches of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Philippine text history confirms the continued popularity of the
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panes would be drawn shut when there is too much wind, with the house still taking in daylight during the storm.
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shell as a Philippine architectural element in the 19th century through the entry "Capiz" in the 1860 edition of
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glass was seen in Portuguese settlements as well as in India in the 17th century.
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Panels from the early centuries of capiz-shell window-making show tight
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beds in the Philippines, the major sources being in Sapian Bay and
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Placuna placenta: Capis Shells and Windows to Indigenous Artistry
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shell inserted into a less than 1/16" groove. The flat shells of
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or lattice work (muntins) that would carry the windows'
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National Museum of the Philippines (June 11, 2020).
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on the frames, done using only chisels and hardwood
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Close-up of the panes of a capiz-shell window panel
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Philippine architecture
panes
windowpane oyster
Spanish colonization of the Philippines
Vocabolario de la lengua tagala
Tagalog language
parol

mortise and tenon
lap joints
dowels
Capiz
National Museum of the Philippines
Philippine independence

bahay na bato
Roxas City
Oton
Tigbauan
Iloilo
San Miguel Bay
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Hinigaran
Pontevedra
Negros Occidental
Mangarin Bay
Mindoro Occidental
Panguil Bay

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