shades
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
shades
- Details
Flexible screens, usually of paper, cloth, bamboo, or similar materials and sometimes mounted on a roller, used to obstruct or regulate light passing through a window or obstruct the view from within or without. Prefer "blinds (coverings)" for flexible or removable devices used to obstruct or regulate vision or light consisting of horizontal or vertical slats that can be opened or closed.
- Variations
shades (coverings)
window shades
window-shades
shades, window
window-shades
shade