Not so high because of the glass but because it's got to have double folding shutters.

He unlatched folding shutters and drew one inward.

The windows on the first floor include solid-wood interior folding shutters that fit into side pockets when folded in to let in the natural light.

But there were large desks for studying, and the folding shutters, the 10-foot high windows and 12-foot ceilings were right out of Balzac.

The front of the building traditionally served as the retail or shop space, generally having sliding or folding shutters that opened to facilitate the display of goods and wares.

Floor-to-ceiling muslin curtains lend a dreaminess to the atmosphere around the bed, and tall, white, folding shutters let in plenty of light to counterbalance the charcoal tones of the walls and floors.

The striking new barrel-roofed hall which links with Earls Court One via folding shutters is large enough to hold four Boeing 747's (jumbo jets), and the hall's 17,000 square metre floor is entirely column-free.

Elsewhere, there was also the closed bed with sliding or folding shutters, and in England-where beds were commonly quite simple in form-the four poster was the usual citizen's bed until the middle of the 19th century.