Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Blind arcade
are KADE
A series of arches applied to a wall for decorationNot to be confused with an arcaded corbel table.
Found especially in Romanesque style buildings
A "raking blind arcade" is a slanting blind arcadeA blind arch is a single arch applied to a wall as a decorative element
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: St. Casimir's RC Church
- Christ the King Chapel, Canisius College
- Buffalo Gas Light Company
- Blessed Trinity RC Church
Other examples: