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2. Noren - Wikipedia

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   Using fabric curtains as dividers was an idea imported from China around the same time as Zen Buddhism. [2] The term noren began to be used in the late Kamakura period . Merchants in the Edo period added store names or family crests to the noren to represent the business name or trademark, making the noren a symbol of credibility and reputation.

3. Curtain - Wikipedia

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   Panel Pair Curtains are also known as double panel curtains. They refer to two curtain panels hanging on either side of the window. This is the most common style. Tab top curtains are made with narrow straps, that loop or tie at the top edge and hung from the curtain pole. [14]

4. Sidelight - Wikipedia

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   Door with sidelights A sidelight or sidelite in a building is a window , usually with a vertical emphasis, that flanks a door or a larger window. [ 1 ] Sidelights are narrow, usually stationary and found immediately adjacent to doorways.

5. Portière - Wikipedia

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   This allows the curtain to be long enough to seal against the floor and contain draughts, but not drag on the floor or catch under the door when the door is opened. [2] Rising portières come in different configurations to seal the curtain against different door surrounds.

6. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Curtain walls may be designed as "systems" integrating frame, wall panel, and weatherproofing materials. Steel frames have largely given way to aluminum extrusions. Glass is typically used for infill because it can reduce construction costs, provide an architecturally pleasing look, and allow natural light to penetrate deeper within the ...

7. Quarter glass - Wikipedia

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   Quarter glass is also sometimes called a valence window. [2] This window may be set on hinges and is then also known as a vent window, wing window, wing vent window, or a fly window. Most often found on older vehicles on the front doors, it is a small roughly triangular glass in front of and separate from the main window that rotates inward ...