Latticework
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__NOTOC__ screen on display at the British Museum Latticework is an openwork framework consisting of a criss-crossed pattern of strips of building material, typically wood or metal. The design is created by crossing the strips to form a grid or weave. Latticework may be functional – for example, to allow airflow to or through an area; structural, as a truss in a lattice girder; used to add privacy, as through a lattice screen; purely decorative; or some combination of these. Latticework in stone or wood from the classical period is also called Roman lattice or transenna (plural transenne). In India, the house of a rich or noble person may be built with a baramdah or verandah surrounding every level leading to the living area. The upper floors often have balconies overlooking the street that are shielded by latticed screens carved in stone called jalis which keep the area cool and give privacy.
__NOTOC__ screen on display at the British Museum]] Latticework is an openwork framework consisting of a criss-crossed pattern of strips of building material, typically wood or metal. The design is created by crossing the strips to form a grid or weave. Latticework may be functional – for example, to allow airflow to or through an area; structural, as a truss in a lattice girder; used to add privacy, as through a lattice screen; purely decorative; or some combination of these. Latticework in stone or wood from the classical period is also called Roman lattice or transenna (plural transenne). In India, the house of a rich or noble person may be built with a baramdah or verandah surrounding every level leading to the living area. The upper floors often have balconies overlooking the street that are shielded by latticed screens carved in stone called jalis which keep the area cool and give privacy.
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File:Amber Fort Screen (6652771501).jpg|Lattice screen at Amber Fort, c. 1592 CE File:Masuleh Window.jpg|Latticework window in Iran File:Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero, Exposition Universal, 1900, Paris, France.jpg|Eiffel Tower structural latticework, c. 1889 CE File:Guilford vermont bridge covered bridge interior.jpg|Lattice truss bridge in Vermont File:Santa Sabina (Rome) - Altar.jpg|Apse of Santa Sabina, Rome, c. 430 CE
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