Painting the verandah roof in stripes following the seams in the metal was a fashionable treatment before the Civil War. Manufacturers and technical manuals recommended painting the underside of the metal as well as applying two or three coats to the top. Paints of iron oxide in linseed oil and white lead paint were variously recommended. Since the iron oxide produced a red or brown color, the stripes depicted would have required a tinted white lead paint. (Courtesy of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia)