Bow window
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A bow window or compass window[1] is a curved bay window.[2] Like bay windows, bow windows add space to a room by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building and provide a wider view of the garden or street outside than flush windows, but combine four or more facets, differentiating them from the more common three-sided bay window.[3] Casement windows are often used for ventilation.
Bow windows first appeared in the eighteenth century in the United Kingdom (and in the Federal period in the United States).
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Many-sided bow window at the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration -
Four-sash Art Nouveau style bow window on the Boulevard De Smet de Nayer in Brussels -
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Five-pane oriel-style bow window -
Five-sided bow window at Balidon House, North Coker, Yeovil, Somerset -
Interior view of bow window at Trerice
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sturgis, Russell. "Bow window, Compass window" Sturgis' illustrated dictionary of architecture and building: an unabridged reprint of the 1901-2 edition. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, 1989. Print.
- ^ "Bow window" at The Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
- ^ Bay Windows vs. Bow Windows: What's the Difference?, Pella Windos, pella.com
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