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Chambranle

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In architecture and joinery, the chambranle is the border, frame, or ornament, made of stone or wood, that is a component of the three sides round chamber doors, large windows, and chimneys.

When a chambranle is plain and without mouldings, it is called a band, case, or frame. The chambranle consists of three parts; the two sides, called montants, or ports, and the top, called the traverse or supercilium. The chambranle of an ordinary door is frequently called a doorcase; of a window, window frame; and of a chimney, manteltree.

History

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In ancient architecture, antepagmenta were garnishings in posts or doors, wrought in stone or timber, or lintels of a window. The word comes from Latin and has been borrowed in English to be used for the entire chambranle, i.e. the door case, or window frame.

See also

References

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  • {{Cyclopaedia 1728|title=Chambranle|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech.Cyclopaedia01.p0344&id=HistSciTech.Cyclopaedia01&isize=M|volume=1|page=190}}
  • {{Cyclopaedia 1728|title=Antepagmenta|url=http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech.Cyclopaedia01.p0146&id=HistSciTech.Cyclopaedia01&isize=M|volume=1|page=106}}
  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060520074721/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0105.html ANTEPAGMENTA]}}, Ancient Library, p. 98

External links

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