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`Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia
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`Bracket (architecture)
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`A bracket is an architectural element: a structural or decorative
`member. It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other
`media. It projects from a wall, usually to carry weight and
`sometimes to "...strengthen an angle".[1][2] A corbel or console
`are types of brackets.[3]
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`In mechanical engineering a bracket is any intermediate
`component for fixing one part to another, usually larger, part.
`What makes a bracket a bracket is that it is intermediate
`between the two and fixes the one to the other. Brackets vary
`widely in shape, but a prototypical bracket is the L-shaped metal
`piece that attaches a shelf (the smaller component) to a wall (the larger
`component): its vertical arm is fixed to one (usually large) element, and its
`horizontal arm protrudes outwards and holds another (usually small) element.
`This shelf bracket is effectively the same as the architectural bracket: a vertical
`arm mounted on the wall, and a horizontal arm projecting outwards for another
`element to be attached on top of it or below it. To enable the outstretched arm to
`support a greater weight, a bracket will often have a third arm running diagonally
`between the horizontal and vertical arms, or the bracket may be a solid triangle.
`By extension almost any object that performs this function of attaching one part
`to another (usually larger) component is also called a bracket, even though it may
`not be obviously L-shaped. Common examples that are often not really L-shaped
`at all but attach a smaller component to a larger and are still called brackets are
`the components that attach a bicycle lamp to a bicycle, and the rings that attach
`pipes to walls.
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`A classically detailed bracket at the
`chapel of Greenwich Hospital, London
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`Bracket for a shelf or
`hanging items
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`Contents
`Uses
`See also
`References
`External links
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`Uses
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`Brackets can support many architectural items, including a wall, balcony, parapets, eaves, the spring of
`an arch, beams, pergola roof, window box, or a shelf. The term is also used to describe a shelf designed to
`hold a statue.
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`In adjustable shelving systems, the bracket may be in two parts, with the load-bearing horizontal support
`fitting into a wall-mounted slotted vertical metal strip.
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`Brackets also are an element in the systems used to mount modern facade
`cladding systems onto the outside of contemporary buildings, as well as
`interior panels.
`Architectural sculptures
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`Brackets are often in the form of architectural sculptures with reliefs of
`objects and scrolls. Depending on their material, decorated ones can be
`carved, cast, or molded. They can be of cast stone or resin-foam materials
`with faux finishes for use on new buildings in historic revival styles of
`architecture.
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`Some brackets and corbels are only ornamental, and serve no actual
`supporting purpose.[4][5]
`See also
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`Dougong, wooden brackets commonly found in East Asian architecture
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`References
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`Brackets are used in
`traditional timber framing,
`including the support of a
`jettied floor which can be
`carved. Magdalene Street,
`Cambridge, England.
`Sixteenth century
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`1. "Bracket | Definition of Bracket by Merriam-Webster" (http://www.merria
`m-webster.com/dictionary/bracket). Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved
`13 July 2017.
`2. "Brass,Bronze,Iron Hand rail Brackets" (https://web.archive.org/web/20050223153935/http://www.ma
`scotmetal.com/brass-brackets.html). Archived from the original (http://www.mascotmetal.com/brass-b
`rackets.html) on 23 February 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
`3. Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0). Oxford University Press; 2009
`4. "bracket" (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9016097/bracket). britannica.com. Retrieved 10 April
`2007.
`5. Poppeliers, John C. (1983). What Style Is It? (https://archive.org/details/whatstyleisitgui00popp_0/pa
`ge/106). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 106 (https://archive.org/details/whatstyleisitgui00popp_0/p
`age/106). ISBN 0-471-14434-7.
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`External links
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` Media related to Brackets (architecture) at Wikimedia Commons
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