tin ceiling
Pressed metal covering
A tin ceiling is a ceiling covered with decorative pressed metal panels, typically featuring ornate repeating patterns.
Popular in American buildings from the late 19th through early 20th century, tin ceilings were cheaper than plasterwork while imitating its elaborate designs.
They remain valued in period restorations and vintage-style interiors: The old pharmacy still had its original tin ceiling.
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- metalHard conductive solid
- VictorianOf a prim era
- ornateElaborately decorated
- embossedHaving raised design
panels · antique · decorative · period detail · industrial · loft · restoration · paint stripper · tiles · stamped · copper · patina · vintage · medallion · cornice · warehouse · exposed brick · historic
- Metal Decorwrought iron, brass fixtures, copper accents, bronze sculptures, metalwork
- Victorian mansionparlor, foyer, ballroom, grand staircase, chandelier
- ceilingssuspended, acoustic tiles, acoustic tile, exposed beams, coffered
- tenementsapartment, railroad flat, railroad apartment, cold water flat, walk-ups
- Victorian homesturret, gingerbread trim, steep roofs, bay windows, wraparound porch
- tinworktinplate, lanterns, candle holders, relief work
tin ceilingdrop ceiling
Panels hung below rafters
suspended ceiling · plaster ceiling · popcorn ceiling · coffered ceiling
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