Cornices / Crown Moldings

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

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