Old house folklore describes the myth of quaker or christian symbolism in the carpentry design of 6 paneled doors.
Panel door patterns cross and bible.
See the right door in the image above.
The classic six panel door is sometimes known as a cross and bible door due to the apparent symbolism found in the door shape.
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This morning we learned about the so called cross and bible or christian paneled doors that grace many old homes from our old house aficionado neighbor.
There is another form if this where it shows it is on the bottom.
It does not take too much imagination to see the shape of a christian cross in the arrangement of the top mullions and intersecting cross rail and only a slightly bigger leap of imagination to see the bottom two.
The bottom part represents an open bible.
The cross the bible the top.
Also called a cross and bible door.
The top part represent a cross.
If you look at it it does look like a cross.
It was created from the original cross design pattern but this customized version has a dove and bible added.
The 6 panel door.
See the image above the left door.