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2. Shoji - Wikipedia

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   A shoji (障 （ しょう ） 子 （ じ ）, Japanese pronunciation:) is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a lattice frame. Where light transmission is not needed, the similar but opaque fusuma is used [1] (oshiire /closet doors, for instance [2 ...

3. 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.

4. Curtain - Wikipedia

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   A curtain rod is passed through the channel to hang. [15] Thermal or blackout curtains use very tightly woven fabric, usually in multiple layers. They not only block out the light, but can also serve as an acoustic or thermal dampener. Animal Skin Curtains are sewn together from the skins of animals. Some are made from a single large animal, or ...

5. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Designed by the architect Peter Ellis and built in 1864, it is the world's first building to feature a metal-framed glass curtain wall. 16 Cook Street, Liverpool, 1866. Extensive use is made of floor-to-ceiling glass, enabling light to penetrate deeper into the building, thus maximizing floor space. Glass curtain wall of Bauhaus Dessau, 1926

6. Theater drapes and stage curtains - Wikipedia

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   Legs masking the theater wings Theatre side and top curtains (black, beige, pink) (Albert Hall stage, Canberra) (2016) Legs are tall, narrow drapes hung parallel to the proscenium at the sides of the stage. They're used to frame the sides of the acting space as well as to mask the wings, where actors and set pieces may be preparing to enter the ...

7. Mullion - Wikipedia

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   In a curtain wall screen, however, the mullions only support the weight of the transoms, glass and any opening vents. Also in the case of a curtain wall screen the weight of glazing can be supported from above (providing the structure can take the required loads) this puts the mullions under tension rather than compression.