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  2. Niche (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Niche with a sculpture by Antoine Coysevox, in the Les Invalides, Paris. In architecture, a niche (CanE, UK: / ˈ n iː ʃ / or US: / ˈ n ɪ tʃ /) is a recess or cavity constructed in the thickness of a wall for the reception of decorative objects such as statues, busts, urns, and vases. [1]

  3. Alcove (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In architecture, an alcove is a small recessed section of a room or an arched opening (as in a wall). [1] The section is partially enclosed by such vertical elements as walls, pillars and balustrades.

  4. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    The upper section of an entablature or a projecting shelf along the top of a wall often supported by brackets or corbels. Course A layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall. Cresting Ornamentation along the ridge of a roof. Cross Springer A block from which the diagonal ribs of a vault spring or start.

  5. Ulpian Library - Wikipedia

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    The niches (seven total on each wall) containing recessed wooden bookcases located in both walls running the length of the library along with four others running across the back wall stored the scrolls. Estimates on the amount of scrolls held are "approximately ten thousand" for both Latin and Greek libraries.

  6. Shelf (storage) - Wikipedia

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    A shelf (pl.: shelves) [1] is a flat, horizontal plane used for items that are displayed or stored in a home, business, store, or elsewhere. It is raised off the floor and often anchored to a wall , supported on its shorter length sides by brackets , or otherwise anchored to cabinetry by brackets, dowels , screws , or nails .

  7. Wall box - Wikipedia

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    Wall boxes are normally made of cast iron and are fabricated in two large castings with a third casting for the door. The rear part of the box which is set into the wall is cast as one piece, rather like an upright coffin. The whole front of the box including the aperture, royal cipher and the collection plate holder, are cast as one. There is ...

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