A bow window or compass window is a curved

bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. A bow window is a form of bay with a curve rather than angular facets; an oriel window is a bay window that does not touch the g ...

. Like bay windows, bow windows add space to a room by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building and provide a wider view of the garden or street outside than flush windows, but combine four or more facets, differentiating them from the more common three-sided

.Bay Windows vs. Bow Windows: What's the Difference?
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Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges at the side. They are used singly or in pairs within a common frame, in which case they are hinged on the outside. Casement windows are often held open using a c ...

s are often used for ventilation. Bow windows first appeared in the eighteenth century in the

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(and in the Federal period in the

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). File:Ekzilita tibeta administrejo pri internaciaj aferoj.jpg, Many-sided bow window at the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration File:Groothaert Boulevard De Smet de Nayer bow-window.JPG, Four-sash

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

style bow window on the Boulevard De Smet de Nayer in

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

File:Nürnberg Sebalder Pfarrhof Sebalder Chörlein.jpg, Five-sided at the

parsonage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, pa ...

of St. Sebaldus Church,

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

, before 1361 File:Windows from a window.JPG, Five-pane oriel-style bow window File:Balidon House Bow Window - geograph.org.uk - 1139700.jpg, Five-sided bow window at Balidon House, North Coker, Yeovil, Somerset File:Bow window at Trerice - geograph.org.uk - 4041165.jpg, Interior view of bow window at Trerice

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Oriel Bow Window from Brighton & Hove Museums collection

The Difference Between Bay & Bow Windows
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