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What size should a window cornice be?
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There are a few tips to follow when setting up your window cornice. Your cornice should be roughly an inch or two longer than the curtain rod and should also be deep enough to clear the finials and rings by an inch. Shop a collection of window cornices from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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French Cornice
Located in Seattle, WA
Beautiful old paint on this window cornice that is perfect as narrow console with a mirror or painting above .
Category
Antique 19th Century French Bed Coronas
Materials
Wood, Paint
$3,600
Architectural Ornament of the Louvre – Cornices and Balustrade by Baltard, 1799
Located in Langweer, NL
The upper section illustrates the architectural structure of cornices, capitals, and window framings — each rendered with intricate attention to the interplay of light and shadow, em...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Prints
Materials
Paper
19th C. English Painted Pine Blanket Chest Georgian Manor Façade
Located in Rio Vista, CA
The decorated exterior features Ionic columns, a molded cornice, a central window with staircase visible inside, multi-pane windows with teal glazing, and a pedimented front door, al...
Category
20th Century English Georgian Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Prize-Winning Orphanage Design, Dutch Architecture Print, Leliman, 1865-1866
Located in Langweer, NL
The lithography is fine, uncoloured line, the elevation shaded tonally to read the depth of the window reveals and cornices. The architect's name and the plate number head the sheet,...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Prints
Materials
Paper
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, Antique Morris Woodblock Print, circa 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
The brickwork is a warm, slightly variegated red rather than a flat tone, with grey stone dressings at the windows and cornice, and the roofline is broken by a shaped central pedimen...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Prints
Materials
Paper
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, Antique Morris Woodblock Print, circa 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
Symmetrical wings extend to either side, their warm red brickwork picked out with cooler grey stone dressings at the windows and cornice. The trees framing the composition are shown ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Prints
Materials
Paper
