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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. Mission Dolores mural - Wikipedia

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   In the Mission Dolores mural, the Sacred Heart appears on either side of the upper third of the mural, with a decorative recessed wall, or statuary niche, in the center, decorated at the top with a shell motif. The upper niche is richly ornamented with scroll motifs and flanked on either side with more scrolling decorative patterns.

4. These 25 Shower Niche Ideas Practically Drip Style - AOL

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   Wide Shower Niche. The primary bathroom in this New York City apartment, by ELLE DECOR A-List designer Mark Grattan, is the stuff of every organizer’s daydreams.The wall’s mint-hued glass ...

5. False door - Wikipedia

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   The deceased is shown above the central niche in front of a table of offerings, and inscriptions listing offerings for the deceased are carved along the side panels. Louvre Museum. A false door, or recessed niche, [1] is an artistic representation of a door which does not function like a real door. They can be carved in a wall or painted on it.

6. Qa'a (room) - Wikipedia

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   Flanked by two iwans on either side, the durqa'a serves as the central space for gatherings. The tazar, located in the iwan, is where male guests would be seated and served refreshments. Walls of the tazar often feature recessed shelves displaying decorative items and may include Arabic calligraphy, mashrabiyas, and decorative niches.

7. File:El Tajin, Pyramid of the Niches (20064136414).jpg ...

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   Each of these consists of a sloping base wall called a talud and a vertical wall called a tablero, which was fairly common in Mesoamerica. What is unusual about this construction and others in the city are the addition of decorative niches with the top capped by what Jose Garcia Payon called a "flying cornice," a triangular overhang.