Ornamental plaster crown molding

A prefabricated ornamental plaster crown molding strip for installation in a room space along the juncture of a ceiling and a wall, said strip comprising:

• an elongated body composed primarily of plaster and having:
• an outer decorative surface for facing into the room space and including raised decorative ornamentation thereon, said decorative surface having first and second edges for extending, respectively, along the ceiling and the wall,
• first and second side surfaces substantially parallel to said outer surface for engagement with the ceiling and the wall, respectively,
• and an inside surface extending between said side surfaces,
• said body being of a predetermined uniform thickness between said outer surface and said inside and side surfaces, apart from said raised ornamentation and having one longitudinal edge portion that is offset to form a cornice;
• a first reinforcing layer of lightweight open mesh fabric embedded in said plaster in predetermined spaced relation with said outer surface and with said inside and side surfaces, said fabric having side edges close to the side edges of said outer surface;
• and a second reinforcing layer of lightweight non-woven, fiber material intermixed throughout the outer portion of the plaster between said fabric and said decorative surface.

A prefabricated ornamental plaster crown molding strip for installation in a room space between a wall and a ceiling, comprising

• an elongated body composed primarily of plaster and having:
• an outer decorative surface for facing into the room space and including raised decorative ornamentation integrally joined to the body;
• an inside surface parallel to said outside surface for facing the wall, said elongated body being of uniform thickness, apart from said ornamentation, along its length, and
• a patterned cornice decoration integral with the remainder of the body extending along one edge portion of the body and having an upper edge for engaging the ceiling, said cornice decoration being offset from the remainder of the body to extend into the room space, and being of the same thickness as the remainder of the body;
• a first reinforcing layer of open-mesh fabric embedded in the body and in said cornice and having side edges close to the edges of the body, said fabric being spaced from said inside and outside surfaces;
• and a second reinforcing layer of non-woven fiber material intermixed in the plaster between said fabric and said outside surface to reinforce the outer portion of the body adjacent said outside surface.