Popular in 19th century homes, plaster ceiling medallions offer a visual transition and seat for a light fixture in important rooms. Their elaborate bas-relief designs also helped hide soot from oil ...

Artisans have been affixing plaster decorations to walls and ceilings for centuries--mostly in imitation of Greek and Roman bas-relief. Medallion Adds a Classical Touch to a Ceiling - Los Angeles ...

The designs offered range from chaste Greek-key borders to Baroque ceiling medallions. Although plaster ornamentation still can be had — during a recent trip to Europe we witnessed local ...

Ceiling medallions come in a variety of materials, including wood, plaster, and lightweight polyurethane. They're also available in multiple finishes, like decorative gilt and painted image ...

You can still find ceiling medallions at home-improvement centers. They are made of polyurethane, wood, plaster, or metal and come in various shapes, such as flowers, stars, circles, ovals, and ...

Other rooms, such as the living room and dining room, had intricate plaster moldings that bordered the ceiling and ornate ceiling medallions used as foils for chandeliers. Artisans have been affixing ...

Poree and his staff of 30 create custom decorative ceiling medallions and moldings that adorn many New Orleans homes. A tour of Poree's warehouse shows a massive amount of plaster, molds and ...

One of the reasons that I bought my 1905 Neo-French Renaissance house was that it had ornamental plaster ceiling decorations and medallions. The decorative plaster ceilings had been either badly ...

Plaster shops were numerous at the time, specializing in features like the ceiling medallions. Today, only one ornamental plaster shop remains in San Francisco — Lorna Kollmeyer Ornamental Plaster.

F or centuries artisans have adorned ceilings with medallions decorated with relief moldings or carvings. Italian Renaissance artists created plaster ceiling medallions along with elaborate ...

Plaster is traditional, but plaster medallions are more expensive and fragile. Modern ceiling medallions can also be crafted from brass, wood, and PVC. To choose your ceiling medallion’s design ...