The Balconies ClipArt gallery provides 5 examples of platforms projecting from buildings, usually enclosed with a balustrade.

"A projecting gallery in front of a window or of several windows, with a balustrade or parapet before it, and supported by consoles, or brackets fixed in the wall, or by pillars resting on the ground below." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Balcony

"A projecting gallery in front of a window or of several windows, with a balustrade or parapet before…

This balcony is made out of wrought iron.

Balcony

This balcony is made out of wrought iron.

Balconies of a house in Venice. A balcony is a projection from the face of a wall supported by columns or consoles, and usually surrounded by a balustrade.

Balcony

Balconies of a house in Venice. A balcony is a projection from the face of a wall supported by columns…

A stage or playform projecting from the wall of a building.

Venetian Balcony

A stage or playform projecting from the wall of a building.

A recessed balcony, W. H. Vanderbilt's House, Fifth Avenue. Herter Brothers, Architects.

Recessed Balcony

A recessed balcony, W. H. Vanderbilt's House, Fifth Avenue. Herter Brothers, Architects.