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 ...

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 ...