About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 125. Chapters: Post and lintel, Stained glass, Window, Defenestration, Daylighting, British and Irish stained glass, Window shutter hardware, Rose window, Light tube, Smart glass, Insulated glazing, Architectural glass, Leadlight, Window blind, Heatable Glass, Tracery, J&R Lamb Studios, Rayonnant, Hunter Douglas, Window screen, Hagioscope, Mashrabiya, Dieterich Spahn, Safety and security window film, Replacement windows, Sash window, Safestyle UK, Mini blind, Clerestory, Sliding glass door, Witch window, Fenestration Testing Laboratory, Low emissivity, Hurricane shutter, Porthole, Transom, Cathedral glass, Smart film, Muntin, Embrasure, Mullion, Sidelight, Dormer, Oculus, Jalousie window, Louver, Roof lantern, Diocletian window, Retractable screen, Stanchion, Fanlight, Roller shutter, Casement window, Passive daylighting, Storm window, Screen painting, Defogger, Bay window, Oriel window, Chambranle, Lightwell, Window fan, Display window, Sh ji, Lancet window, Window valance, Espagnolette, Truth window, Solar screen, Glazier, Cremone, Oeil-de-boeuf, Wall dormer, Window covering, Bow window, Pleated blinds, Window insulation, Caradco, Paned window, Came, Tikijhya, Window handle, Lucarne, Equip'baie, Angel-lights, Batement light. Excerpt: The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings. Although traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensional structures and sculpture. Modern vernacular usage has often extended the term "stained glass" to include domestic leadlight and objets d'art created from lead came and copper foil glasswork exemplified in the famous lamps of L...
