centre piece

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

A decorative composition, usually circular, oval, or radiating in design, forming the central feature or motive of a large decoration; particularly in common speech, such an ornament in the center of a ceiling. Plaster center pieces are cast in molds and sold separately for application to plastered ceilings. Recently center pieces have been made of carton pierre and many other compositions, and in ceilings of thin metal the center pieces may be very elaborate. (Sturgis, 1900)