The history
Plaster was used by the Egyptians (chiefly as a surface to receive colour decorations) and by the Greeks.
The Romans used it extensively, and there remain many ceilings and walls, with beautiful relief ornamentation, of a hard, fine plaster. Italian Renaissance artists imitated this Roman work, and relief ornament in plaster was employed in England for the rich ceilings and interiors of the reigns of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James I and later in those designed by the architects Robert and James Adam.
Mouldings, cornices, and relief ornament are cast separately and then mounted into place. In former times ornamental details were Moulded in their location, from the damp plaster. Often substituted for plastered walls is plasterboard, a prefabricated material composed of paperboard and gypsum.
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