over-windows

Updated: March 2, 2026

The beautiful windows of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Italy, England and France, give no such feeling of incompleteness, for their well-carved frames, and over-windows, and their small panes of glass, were important parts of the decorative scheme.

Lucy Abbot Throop - Furnishing the Home of Good Taste : A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today