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A baldachin in Empire style simply adds visual importance to a daybed
A baldachin, or baldaquin (Italian: baldacchino, baldachino), is a canopy of state over an altar or throne, It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, ...

 


Baldachino / baldachin / baldacchino / baldaquin
An ornamental canopy over an altar, usually supported by columns, or a similar form over a tomb or throne ...

baldachin
A richly ornamented canopy structure supported by columns, suspended from a roof, or projected from a wall, as over an altar.
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Baldachin: ornamental canopy covering statues (fig.3, F).
Balustrade: A railing with symmetrical supports.

baldachin An ornamented canopy, supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall, usually over an altar, or throne.
baluster A miniature column or other form of upright which, in a series, supports a railing or handrail.

Baldachin
An ornamented canopy over an altar, tomb, or throne.
Baptistery
A part of a church or a separate building, often octagonal or round, in which baptisms take place.

antefix, anthemion, apophyge or hypophyge, apse or apsis, apteral, arcade, arcature, arch, architrave, archivolt, arcuation, arris, articulation, astragal, atlas (plural atlantes) or telamon, atrium, attic, baguette or baguet, balcony, baldachin, ...

See also: Canopy, Architecture, Altar, Gothic, Vault

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