Possible Clues:

• Frozen water on lake with a dry, crystalline structure
• Network of Wooden strips
• Network of crossed laths
• One does not drink in such a lousy framework
• That's what's so lousy about a non-drinker with ornamental crosses
• Gazebo framework
• Framework in diagonal pattern
• Sober individual put in ornamental fabric by window
• Room framed by the French type of tracery
• Screen of crossed bars