Inarchitecture andjoinery, thechambranle is the border, frame, or ornament, made ofstone orwood, that is a component of the three sides round chamber doors, large windows, and chimneys.
When a chambranle is plain and without mouldings, it is called aband,case, orframe. The chambranle consists of three parts; the two sides, calledmontants, orports, and the top, called thetraverse orsupercilium. The chambranle of an ordinary door is frequently called adoorcase; of a window,window frame; and of a chimney,manteltree.
In ancient architecture,antepagmenta were garnishings in posts ordoors, wrought in stone or timber, orlintels of awindow. The word comes from Latin and has been borrowed in English to be used for the entire chambranle, i.e. the door case, or window frame.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728)."Chambranle".Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 190. This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728)."Antepagmenta".Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 106.
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