fan tracery
Britishnoun
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The roof is curious, as being an adaptation in the Renaissance of the late Gothic fan tracery Some colouring remains.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting
The chapel is, in its way, perfect, a complete vault of fan tracery.
From Evesham by E. H. (Edmund Hort) New
Above our heads the fan tracery of the stone roof seems literally to hang from the sky, so delicate and light is the workmanship.
From Westminster Abbey by John Fulleylove
The roof has fan tracery with a massive pendant.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting
The ceiling is very singular, being an imitation of fan tracery executed in plaster.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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