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A fanlight is a form of
lunette
A lunette (French ''lunette'', "little moon") is a half-moon shaped architectural space, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void.
A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc take ...
window, often semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with
glazing bars or
tracery
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sets radiating out like an open
fan. It is placed over another window or a doorway, and is sometimes hinged to a
transom. The bars in the fixed glazed window spread out in the manner of a
sunburst. It is also called a "sunburst light".
Gallery
Image:Priestley Door.jpg, Main door and fanlight, Joseph Priestley House in Northumberland, Pennsylvania
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History
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, Italy
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Image:Palácio-da-Pena Pátio-dos-Arcos 1 (OUT-07).jpg, Palácio Nacional da Pena, Sintra
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, Portugal
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Image:AriahParkHotelLeadlight.jpg, Hotel, Ariah Park, New South Wales
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File:Lunette over door.jpg, Fanlight over door with side lights
See also
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Lunette
A lunette (French ''lunette'', "little moon") is a half-moon shaped architectural space, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void.
A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc take ...
References
External links
Doorways around the World
Glass architecture
Windows
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