Editing Panelling (section)

{{Short description|Millwork wall covering}}
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[[Image:wainscotting.jpg|thumb|220px|{{cvt|39|in|adj=on}} wainscoting using {{cvt|3|in|adj=on}} [[tongue and groove]] pine boards]]
'''Panelling''' (or '''paneling''' in the United States) is a [[Millwork (building material)|millwork]] wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paneling|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/paneling|website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|publisher=britannica.com|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> These are traditionally interlocking [[wood]], but could be [[plastic]] or other materials.

Panelling was developed in antiquity to make rooms in [[Rock (geology)|stone]] buildings more comfortable both by [[Thermal insulation|insulating]] the room from the stone and reflecting [[radiant heat]] from wood fires, making heat more evenly distributed in the room. In more modern [[building]]s, such panelling is often installed for [[Interior decoration|decorative purposes]].  Panelling, such as wainscoting and boiserie in particular, may be extremely ornate and is particularly associated with 17th and 18th century [[interior design]], [[Victorian architecture]] in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]], and its international contemporaries.