Editing Exedra (section)

==Gardens==
[[File:PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN EXEDRA.JPG|thumb|Exedra in Painswick Rococo Garden, dating from the 1740s]]
During the 18th century, an exedra became a popular [[List of garden features|garden feature]] or [[folly]], often used as an ornamental curved screening wall to hide another part of the garden. Examples can be found at [[Belton House]] and [[West Wycombe Park]].
An exedra can be used in [[landscape design]] to visually terminate a [[garden]] axis. They can incorporate seating, a [[fountain]], [[tile]]-work, and landscape lighting; in traditional or contemporary styles.

In New York City's [[Central Park]], overlooking [[Conservatory Water]], is the [[Conservatory Water#Waldo Hutchins bench|Waldo Hutchins bench]], a curved [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]] white granite exedra outdoor bench.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xKjS342df7YC&q=Waldo+Hutchins+bench+park&pg=PA17|title=The Complete Illustrated Map and Guidebook to Central Park|first=Raymond|last=Carroll|date=May 20, 2008|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=9781402758331|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Henry Hope |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5V4AAAAMAAJ&q=Waldo+Hutchins+bench+park |title=Central Park; a History and a Guide |last2=Duckworth |first2=Sophia |date=1972 |publisher=C. N. Potter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdApAQAAMAAJ&q=Waldo+Hutchins+bench |title=The Curious New Yorker: 329 Fascinating Questions and Surprising Answers about New York City |date=1999 |publisher=Times Books |isbn=978-0-8129-3002-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Zaman |first=Natalie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fEJDQAAQBAJ&dq=Waldo+Hutchins+bench&pg=PT160 |title=Magical Destinations of the Northeast: Sacred Sites, Occult Oddities & Magical Monuments |date=2016-10-08 |publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide |isbn=978-0-7387-4988-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="dis">{{Cite book |last=Macaulay-Lewis |first=Elizabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fouUDwAAQBAJ&dq=Waldo+Hutchins+bench&pg=PT285 |title=Classical New York: Discovering Greece and Rome in Gotham |last2=McGowan |first2=Matthew |date=2018-09-04 |publisher=Fordham Univ Press |isbn=978-0-8232-8103-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.centralparkinbronze.com/waldo-hutchins-bench|title=Waldo Hutchins Memorial Bench&#124;Piccirilli Brothers&#124;Whispering Bench|website=Central Park In Bronze |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529194311/https://www.centralparkinbronze.com/waldo-hutchins-bench |archive-date= May 29, 2023 }}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/761|title=Central Park Monuments - Waldo Hutchins: NYC Parks|website=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230507160044/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/761 |archive-date= May 7, 2023 }}</ref> The bench is almost {{convert|4|ft|m}} tall by {{convert|27|ft|m}} long, and weighs several tons.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto7">{{cite web |url=https://www.bordersundials.co.uk/waldo-hutchins-bench-sundial-new-york-usa/ |title=Waldo Hutchins Bench Sundial, New York, USA |date=October 6, 2016 |website=Border Sundials |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630152344/https://www.bordersundials.co.uk/waldo-hutchins-bench-sundial-new-york-usa/ |archive-date= Jun 30, 2023 }}</ref> Its architect was [[Eric Gugler]], and in 1932 it was executed by the [[Piccirilli Brothers]] studio, the firm that carved the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="auto3"/>