Definition of plasterwork
: plastering often ornate in design used to finish architectural constructions
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The intricate plasterwork on the ceilings in this Victorian cottage built by plaster craftsman Prosser in the 1880s was degrading.
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Years of water damage destroyed about 60 percent of the original ornamental plasterwork.
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The magnificent hall hints at extravagance within: The walls are lined in pleated pistachio silk; bunches of fruit-and-flowers plasterwork tumble from the ceiling; glimmering crystal girandoles stand sentry beside the fireplace.
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Hewn out of the shell of the former Hotel Washington, the W’s public areas retain the best of its 1917 Beaux Arts architecture, with soaring arched entryways, 20-foot cathedral windows, and ornate Grecian plasterwork.
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So investing in inlaid moulding or plasterwork on ceilings may not be reflected.
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Its ornamental plasterwork and faux marble pillars were refurbished and replaced along with some 200 original artworks, including paintings by Picasso and Klimt.
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The boys, now four and five, chase each other around the main floor's spacious parlors, which are made luminous by their pale-gray walls, decorative plasterwork, and bleached oak-plank floors.
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Whitewashed plasterwork, scratched and scuffed, evokes simpler times.
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First Known Use of plasterwork
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