Abydos has drawn pharaohs and pilgrims for millennia as Egypt's holiest burial ground, where proximity to Osiris promised ...

What is it?It's the stucco cornices, friezes and decorative panels that you see on walls and ceilings. Most of the historic decorative plasterwork in Ireland dates from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Thirty-five years ago, when John Doherty was doing rehab work for a student housing company in Philadelphia, removing old plasterwork to make way for drywall (a type of board), he was struck by the ...

Stucco – the ancient art of decorative plasterwork – is alive and kicking and no longer preserve of the uber-rich. Belfast-based Stuccodore Paul Marlow An example of Marlow's contemporary Stucco ...

America’s statehouses were built as living monuments to the power and prestige of the states. Many, reflecting the confidence and exuberance of the age, were designed to mimic Classical forms, often ...

The 400-year-old tradition of decorative plasterwork is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Foundling Museum. From small objects to intricate relief panels, the show will explore the processes and ...

From the outside, it looks like an immaculately restored brick period townhouse, which it is. Its ironwork, windows, and entry doors appear almost exactly as they did in the mid-19th century. Inside, ...

Sir, – I refer to your article “Hands on traditional skills and where to learn them” (Weekend Review, June 25th), which stated… Sir, – I refer to your article “Hands on traditional skills and where to ...