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What do you call the decorative plaster molding above the picture rail but beneath the crown molding found on the parlour floor of b'stones?

2:58 PM 01/29/2013

 

bedstuytownhouse

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    elbow

    It's usually used for more decorative and classical applications, but "frieze" is probably the right term.

    4:14 PM 01/29/2013 | 0 Votes

     

     

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    helenwaite

    Brooklyn, NY

    I wonder whether you mean the type of molding that makes something like a frame?
    If so, that's panel moulding, or picture frame moulding.   Big with the Georgians.
    Like this sort of thing? http://pinterest.com/pin/27113...

    6:03 PM 01/29/2013 | 0 Votes

     

     

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    hancockone

    Bedford Stuyvesant, NY

    That area of the tripartite wall structure is called the frieze. The area below the chair rail is the dado and the large area between is the wall fill. If your frieze is decorated with raised plaster it may be either lincrusta or anaglypta, both Victorian decorative finishes with raised patterns.

    7:35 PM 01/29/2013 | 1 Votes

     

     

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    bedstuytownhouse

    Thanks guys.  It was the frieze that I was looking for.

    11:38 AM 01/30/2013 | 0 Votes

     

     

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