Back in 2011, I wrote a post about wicket doors; basically a door within a door. Over the years, I’ve seen some beautiful examples of these doors (in Mexico, Morocco, Guatemala, Denmark) , and last weekend I saw SO MANY in the city of Querétaro, Mexico. Enjoy!
And if you’ve made it this far…do you have a theory about the crescent moon designs on this pair?
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I saw some in Italy.
Some were interesting to unlatch and step through.
So that is where someone got the idea to put a personnel door in an overhead door!!!
Awesome…
I’m a Halloween girl at heart so I’m going with evil eyes.
Or just to let the light in. The light may shine on something inside and illuminate it.
In an earlier era, wicket doors were used in hotels for handling guest laundry. The guestroom entry door had an additional leaf on the outside for the housekeeping staff to pickup and return clothes, and guests would place and retrieve items to be laundered from the inside. Hardware included a cabinet lock on the outside leaf, and a window catch on the inside leaf.
I suppose in those days people were more concerned about privacy than fire protection.
That’s so interesting, Lloyd! I wonder if that would work at my house…I’d put in a wicket door if someone would do my laundry! 🙂
– Lori
I have seen many in Metro stations generator room with 90 min fire rated , but need to open this wicket door with an electric lock and card reader