Niches and Urns: Semicircles Carved into the Wall

A Neoclassical niche. It is an upright recess carved into the wall, with a semicircular arch vault at the top, and radial shell-shaped relief inside the vault; the interior of the recess is painted one shade darker than the wall. Inside, there is a classical urn made of white marble or plaster, or a small bust. Niches appear in pairs on either side of a fireplace or door, identical in size. Avoid: having only one niche, breaking symmetry, placing multiple items inside the niche, using a square recess without an arch vault, or painting the inside of the niche the same color as the wall.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個新古典的壁龕。它是牆面上挖出的一個直立凹槽,上方是半圓的拱頂,拱頂內側有放射狀的貝殼形浮雕;凹槽的內側漆成比牆略深一階的顏色。裡面放著一個白色大理石或石膏的古典甕、一尊小的胸像。壁龕成對地出現在壁爐或門的兩側,尺寸完全相同。避免:讓壁龕只有一個破壞對稱、在龕內放置多件物品、使用方形沒有拱頂的凹槽、把龕內漆成與牆相同的顏色。