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2. Umbraculum - Wikipedia

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   Coat of arms during the sede vacante – featuring an umbraculum Umbraculum in the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France. The umbraculum (Italian: ombrellone, "big umbrella", [1] in basilicas also conopaeum [2]) is a historic piece of the papal regalia and insignia, once used on a daily basis to provide shade for the pope (Galbreath, 27).

3. Window blind - Wikipedia

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   Cellular shades, also called honeycomb shades, hanging in a window. Cellular shades or cellular blinds, sometimes referred to as honeycomb shades, are a type of window blind made of a long and continuous fabric with a cellular structure when opened and fold onto themselves when closed. The honeycomb shades were introduced in 1985. [2]

4. Awning - Wikipedia

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   A Roman poet Lucretius, in 50 BC, said "Linen-awning, stretched, over mighty theatres, gives forth at times, a cracking roar, when much 'tis beaten about, betwixt the poles and cross-beams". Among the most significant awnings in the ancient world was the velarium , the massive complex of retractable shade structures that could be deployed above ...

5. 50 Times Cheap Fixes Had A Major Impact On Home Life - AOL

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   Shelving and hang drying racks in the laundry room. ~$100. ... cheap pull down blinds for the 10 single pane windows to replace the falling apart roman shades, and I added premade beadboard panels ...

6. Window covering - Wikipedia

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   Optimal control of window coverings can increase occupant comfort (visual and thermal comfort) while saving building energy use (lighting, cooling, and heating energy). [7] Typical dynamic window coverings include automated blinds and automatic shades. Window blinds and shades can be controlled to avoid glare while introducing daylight to the ...

7. Velarium - Wikipedia

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   Morituri te salutant Model of the Colosseum with its velarium in the Museum of Roman Civilization. A velarium ("curtain") [3] was a type of awning used in Roman times. It stretched over the whole of the cavea, the seating area in amphitheaters, to protect spectators from the sun. [4] [2] Retractable awnings were relatively common throughout the ...