Cornices / Crown Moldings
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A cornice (pronounced KOR niss) also called crown molding is a crowning projection on the interior or exterior of a building, or on furniture such as a bookcase. A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall. The molding at the top of the walls of a room, between the walls and ceiling.
Interior
- wood
- fiberglass
- plaster
- sheet metal (steel, aluminum, copper)
- polymoulding (plastic)
Plastic moldings go by many names: Polyurethane, PU, Urethane, Styrene, Polymoulding, Urethane foam.
Urethane is perhaps the most common name for plastic cornice molding.
Samples
- http://www.classicceilings.com/cornicecloseup.php?partid=907
- http://www.rensup.com/Categories/Cat-1661.htm
- http://crown-molding.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=20
- http://www.worthingtonmillwork.com/moldings.html
Products
- Vacuform Torch and Shell Cornice Moulding - panels are .03 mil white unpainted sheets come (nominal) 11'11"x6-1/2"x1'3/4" deep.
- Vacuform Fleur de lis Cornice Moulding
- Vacuform Art Deco Cornice Moulding
- Styrene polyurethane glue-up white egg & dart cornice molding
Illustrations
Furniture
Exterior
