Fanlights in Federals

The fanlight over the door to the front entrance hall provides one of the most noticeable elements of sophistication as soon as one enters the house. Scottish-born architect Robert Adam made fanlights distinctive and elegant elements of Neoclassical ornamentation for the house in Great Britain, and America was soon inspired to follow in the early nineteenth-century. A fanlight was not merely a decorative addition though, it was a way of introducing another window to allow more light in with the sun’s warmth to keep the front hall warm and welcoming to guests.