Monday, December 5, 2011

Fan Window



Essex, Connecticut

 In the US, windows above doors are called transom windows, which is kind of a blah term for one as nice as this one in Essex.  Wikipedia says that the Brits call them "fanlights," regardless of their shape.  Today I am going with my friends from across the pond.

This is my contribution to Monday Doorways.

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15 comments:

  1. GunnDecember 5, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    This is sooooo pretty, elegant and stylish!
    And YOU have created a very nice image!:)

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  2. SharonDecember 5, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    This fan window is really pretty! I'd love to have one like this.

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  3. HalcyonDecember 5, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Let's go with the Brits! It's too lovely for such a boring word. :)

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  4. Louis la VacheDecember 5, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    «Louis» agrees with the others! Let's go with the Brits!

    He thanks you for this fine contribution to Monday Doorways and hopes you'll become a regular contributor!

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  5. LesleyDecember 5, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    I think this is one of the fanciest fanlights I have seen!

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  6. KateDecember 5, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Today's fanlights is a work of art!

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  7. RedPatDecember 5, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    It's lovely!! Are you jet-lagged?

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  8. Regina KDecember 5, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    Fanlight sounds so much nicer than transom. Wonderful doorway.

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  9. Oakland Daily PhotoDecember 5, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Fabulously elegant.

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  10. RandyDecember 5, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    I really like that one. They are usually so plain.

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  11. ValerieDecember 6, 2011 at 1:19 AM

    Very pretty Jack. (Just had to respond to this post, as I was born in Ilford, ESSEX in the UK many "moons" ago !!) Thanks for sharing.

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  12. VPDecember 6, 2011 at 4:40 AM

    I often asked myself what a transom was, thinking it had something to do with the Navy!

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  13. VirginiaDecember 6, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    That's beautiful Jack and I'd like to join the door folks but I can't for the life of me ever keep the days etc straight so I just don't do them anymore.
    V

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  14. DawnDecember 8, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    So beautiful! (no matter what it's called;)

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  15. Genie -- Paris and BeyondDecember 11, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Truly, I do not think that I have ever seen a fanlight quite like this one. It is just so delicately stunning. I want to see more of this building (house).

    Bises,
    Genie

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