Alcove (through the Spanish, alcova, from the Arabic, al-, the, and quobbah, a vault) is an architectural term for a recess in a room, usually screened off by pillars, balustrade or drapery.
Alcove:
Recessed part of a room. Alcoves serve as great locations for built-in furniture, and often house one or more windows.
alcove: a recessed space in a wall, sometimes vaulted and originally used for a bed.
ambulatory: the aisle running round the eastern end of a church.
recessed alcove
Tokugawa Ieyasu
third of the three great military leaders who unified Japan in feudal times; found of the dynasty after which the Tokugawa (Edo) Period is named ...
Exedra - Wall alcove with bench space
Eyebrow Window - Roof dormer having low sides; formed by raising small section of roof
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Exedra - Wall alcove with bench space
Exploded View a drawing showing component parts dis-assembled in some way, so that each can be seen on its own.
Eyebrow Window - Roof dormer having low sides; formed by raising small section of roof ...
"A chapel can either be an alcove with an altar in a large church, or a separate building that is smaller than a full-sized church.
bay window - an alcove projecting from an outside wall and having its own windows and foundation
board and batten - a siding for a house consisting of wide vertical boards with strips (battens) covering where the boards join ...
apse A rounded alcove or extension, usually at the east end of a church. arcade A line of arches. archivolt An arch set immediately inside a larger arch.
Example 1: Flowers and Adonis gardens alcoveAn alcove is a recess in a wall or hedge, often curved and often used to house a scultpure, a seat or a fountain.
The hall is divided into four parts, the main hall, an alcove and two small rooms either side. The entire hall (including the two side rooms) is roofed by three barrel vaults resting on transverse arches.
Interior view of living room and south alcove
Interior view of living room
Interior view of master bedroom dressing area
Interior view of master bedroom
Interior view of passage to guest room
Interior view of passage to servant's wing ...
Buffet
- a semi-circular alcove with domed head, can be full height, or may stop at dado level. It would be shelved and may incorporate a semi-circular table, in effect, a type of early fitted sideboard.
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The turrets, alcoves, and odd-shaped rooms had seemed so inviting, but now you can't figure out where to put the furniture.
(Pronunciation: "toh-koh-NOH-mah") In Japanese architecture, an alcove for displaying art.
Transom
A horizontal crosspiece over a door or between a door and a window above it, or the horizontal dividing bars of the window itself.
- A separate building, or an alcove or room with an altar in a church, set aside for worship; chapels have are usually dedicated to special use.
Chasuble. - Sacerdotal vestment, used by the priest to cover the body.
Chrisom child.
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a window projecting from the wall of a building and forming an alcove of a room Sometimes shortened to bay See also bow window, oriel window
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Tabernacle : A ceilinged alcove used for the display of statuettes or art pieces.
a crescent shaped or semi-circular space or alcove which contains a painting, statue, etc.
Marguerite
an ox-eye daisy.
The outstanding rococo painters were François Boucher, best known for his boudoir scenes with plump, pink nudes, and Jean Honoré Fragonard, renowned for his scenes of coy assignations in leafy glades and curtained alcoves.
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