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Spandril
From LoveToKnow 1911
SPANDRIL, or Spandrel (formerly splaundrel, a word of unknown origin), in architecture, the space between any arch or curved brace and the level label, beams, &c., over the same.
spandril - an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
spandrel ...
Spandrel / spandril panel
In a multistory building, a wall panel filling the space between the top of the window in one story and the sill of the window in the story above
Found in almost all styles of architecture ...
On account of the richness of its mouldings and carved ornament in the sculpture introduced in the spandrils, it became the most highly decorated feature of the interior, ...
 See also: Architecture, Decorated, Arches, Ornament, Frame
  
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