Alcove

The term Alcove ( Arabic: al - القبة qubba, dome ', in 1700 over French alcôve ) denotes an alcove. In Low German the term slug is used for alcove. A synonym is wall bed.

Various forms of alcoves can be distinguished:

• A historical alcove or a small side room in a room in which is located the sleeping accommodation ( bed or simply ceilings). Alcove were warmer than freestanding beds and offered greater privacy. Servants had used to often only a small room with an alcove, in which they could retreat.
• In farmhouses a Murphy bed. Such alcoves were formerly mostly installed between Döns and kitchen or in the cross- hallway, the living and the economic area separated.
• In court area the bed meant something private in the alcove. It was not free with an exposed canopy, as the parade beds in the castles of absolutism. For this contrast, the form and function in ceremonial and architectural theory of the 17th and 18th century explained.
• An alcove in an RV or truck behind or above the cab.