A plaster frieze is typically used to compliment a decorative or plain cornice moulding. It sits below the cornice at a set distance and fills void wall space in rooms with vast ceiling heights. They are more than likely very decorative with botanical features or other enriched motifs which sometimes incorporated the history of the building into them.

Stucco is a different material to plaster of paris and can be used for exterior mouldings. We do not use Stucco to make our exterior mouldings, please take a look at our exterior moulding page to see more information on this.

A ceiling frieze is just a wall frieze placed onto the ceiling also. It is typically called a ‘ceiling band’.

A wall frieze is a plaster frieze and the wall is the most common place for a frieze to go, just underneath the cornice in the room. They are most commonly used in rooms that have very high ceilings and can come very plain or very ornate also.

A plaster frieze is typically used to compliment a decorative or plain cornice moulding. It sits below the cornice at a set distance and fills void wall space in rooms with vast ceiling heights. They are more than likely very decorative with botanical features or other enriched motifs which sometimes incorporated the history of the building into them.