Raised panelled doors

• For appearance sake , entrance doors and doors to principal rooms in both domestic and public buildings are odten made more imposing and attractive by the use of panels that are raised.
• The panels are usually cut so that they are thicker at their centre than at their edges and are described as raised panels.
• Such doors are often made of hardwood , which is finishes to display the colout and grain of the wood by polish.

The usual types of raised panels are :
Bevel raised panels

• These are cut with four similar bevel faces each with a shallow rise from the edges of the panel to a point with square panels and ridge with rectangular panels.

Bevel raised and fielded panels

• These are cut with four similar bevel faces rising from the edges of the panel to a flat surface , termed the field .
• At the field , the panel is either as thick as or slightly less thick than the stiles.
• The proportion of the fielded surface to the whole panel is a matter of taste.

Raised and fielded panels

• The panels , which is of uniform thickness around the edges , is raised to a flat field at the centre with a shallow sinking.
• The field being square or rectangular depending on the shape of the panel.
• Panel may be raised on both sides or on one side olny.

Bolection moulding

• A bolection moulding is planted ( nailed ) around the panels of a door for the sake of appearance.
• The moulding is cut so that when it is fixed it covers the edges of the stiles and rails around the panel for the sake of emphasis.
• This particular section of wood moulding may be used with both raised and fieded panels on one or both sides of a door.