the main rooms in the grandest houses had higher and more elaborate skirting boards and plasterwork. As rooms became less formal, so would the decoration. When working with rooms of lofty ...

Ornamental plasterwork on ceilings has been around for centuries, and once even served a purpose beyond adding a luxe look.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Plaster specialists Ffion and Steven Blench were recently restoring the decorative plasterwork of General ...