Illustrated Architecture Dictionary ...................... Illustrated
FURNITURE Glossary
Lattice window
A window casement, fixed or hinged, with glazed bars set diagonally.
Roman lattice is an openwork system of rectangular bars crossing each other to make a pattern of triangles (usually, but not always, right triangles) within repetitive squares.
The Latin word for Roman lattice or grating is transenna. Transenna is derived from the Latin term for a net for catching birds, which the form resembles.
In ancient times these patterned squares were arranged to form both railings and infill for openings. For railings, the materials could be wood, bronze, or stone. For openings, especially in monumental structures, the lattice would usually be stone, preferably marble, with the openings filled with a translucent material, often thin sheets of alabaster.
- Calder Loth, Classical Comments: Roman lattice (Online Dec. 2012)
First Church of Christ, Scientist / Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Buffalo
Examples from Buffalo architecture
- Illustration above: Episcopal Church of the Ascension
- St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
- Kellogg House
- Miller House
- 57 Nottingham Terr.
- How House
- Mann House Roman lattice
Other examples:
- Furniture: Sideboard - MacKay Homestead, Genesee Country Village, & Museum
