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Plaster Motifs

Plaster coving was made in a variety of profiles. Larger areas in the profile were then often decorated with motifs. Examples are:

• anthemion
• palmette
• billet
• dentil
• egg and dart
• leaf and dart
• flute
• Greek key
• bead and reel
• flower or rosette