Illustrated Architecture Dictionary - INDEX
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary - INDEX
Windows
Apron/skirt: A flat piece of trim immediately below the stool of a window
Art glass: A type of colored glass used in windrows in America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; characterized by combinations of hues and special effects in transparencies and opaqueness. Example from the Barton House
Band/ribbon: One of a horizontal series of three windows or more, separated only by mullions, that form a horizontal band across the facade of a building Most commonly found in buildings erected after 1900.Came: A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass
Casing: The exposed trim molding, framing, or lining around a door or window; may be either flat or molded.
Chicago: A wide fixed pane with narrow movable sash windows flanking it. Example from Marshall Field and Company Store, Chicago, IL
Double-hung: A window having two vertically sliding sashes, each designed to close a different half of the window.
Double window: two windows, side by side, which a single architectural unit
Elliptical: See Fanlight
Frame: An open structure or rim for encasing, holding or bordering
French: A casement window extending down to the floor; also called a French door
Grille: An ornamental arrangement of bars to form a screen or partition, usually of metal, wood, stone, or concrete, to cover, conceal, decorate, or protect an opening
Lunette: A crescent or semicircular window or wall panel framed by an arch or vaultPane: One of the divisions of a window or door, consisting of a single unit of glass set in a frame
Rail: A bar extending horizontally between supports
Ribbon - See "Band" aboveSash: Any framework of a window; may be movable or fixed; may slide in a vertical plane (as in a double-hung window) or may be pivoted (as in a casement window)
Sill: The horizontal bottom member of a window frame
Skylight Example from Ellicott Square Building - Courtyard
Splayed: A window whose frame is set at an angle with respect to the face of the wallStained-glass window: A window whose glass is colored. Example from Karpeles Manuscript Museum
Stile: One of the upright structural members of a window frame, at the outer edge
Surround: An encircling border or decorative frame Example from Charles W. Goodyear House
Treble sash: A window having three vertically sliding sashes, one above the other; each of which closes a different part of the window; occasionally found in America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in large houses having very high ceilings. Compare with three-part window
Triangular: Window shaped like a triangle
Tripart / triple / three-part window: A window having a wide rectangular sash at its center and a narrower sash on each side; all three sashes are of the same height and are in the same plane; essentially a Palladian window with the rounded head of the center sash lopped off at the top Found in many Greek Revival style homes, this type of window was introduced in America in about 1785. Compare with treble sash and Chicago windowTwin lancet window under pointed arch, crowned by a quatrefoil: lancet window ... quatrefoil
