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This treatment can be effectually employed to divide a large bay window from the room proper, to divide a hallway, or to reduce the size of a large opening between two rooms.
Figure [157] illustrates another application of the same idea, with one side only supported from the floor. While it is not absolutely necessary that the pattern in grill work should be exactly duplicated on each side of the centre, the balance or symmetry must be retained by having the same body or expanse of woodwork on each side of the centre, or when a drapery is used, as in this case, it should be so disposed as to equalize the appearance of the grille by having the heaviest part of the drapery opposite to the heaviest side of the grille work.
Figure [158] illustrates an archway treated with a grille and drapery forming an entrance to a bow window. Both sides of this treatment balance, and the depth of the whole is determined by the height of the room, sufficient room being provided for a comfortable passage beneath.
High doorways may be reduced in height by using a straight panel of grille work, as Figure [159], and when used in conjunction with a pair of portières the slim appearance imparted to an opening by long, straight portières may be avoided.
Rope portières, as shown in Figure [159], serve much the same purpose of transparent decoration as grille work, and may be effectively employed for doorways, archways, alcoves, etc., and as they can be so easily procured in special colors to match their surroundings, they have become quite popular.
